After a bit of digging (encountered the same error during an install), the problem turns out to be that "gksu" is using "su" for authentication. But in ubuntu, "su" is locked by default (that is to say, the root account password is locked by default). To fix, run "gksu-properties" and change authentication to "sudo". Don't know if this default setting (using su for authentication) should count as a bug or not.
** Tags added: gksu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1033295 Title: Crash reporter fails to authenticate user (Failed to run /usr/share/apport/apport-gtk as user root.) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apport/+bug/1033295/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
