Thanks for your bugreport.
What version of ubuntu do you use? This sounds like a bug in gksu (that
applicaton used to get root priviledges). What locale do you use?
Thanks,
Michael
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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update-manager fails to bring up the password prompt for root privileges
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/187982
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