OK, let's reassign this to the package containing gksudo. I can't see why changing the computer's name should affect it, but it seems it did. It may be worth trying "sudo dpkg-reconfigure gksu". Hopefully someone will know more now it's correctly filed.
** Changed in: gksu (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: update-manager => gksu -- Update 2.6.24.18.20 fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/237662 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs