apport launched from xubuntu/xfce's system tray (crash report notification) doesn't accept sudo password

[Puppu Tuppu]

When I get the crash report bubble in xfce's system tray and I click it -> report problem, it asks for my password, yet doesn't accept it. synaptic is the same when launched from system tray. However, all other apps (e.g. upgrade manager, additional drivers manager, etc.) accept my password when attempting admin duties

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apport-gtk 1.22-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 31 17:24:48 2011
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apport
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-24 (7 days ago)

[rpgmr (rndbox)]

This bug still alive on Xfce 4.8, 3.2.0-52-generic #78-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jul 26 16:23:24 UTC 2013 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux.

I could use sudo password on many applications on Xfce, e.g. Synaptic, but not this crash report, it doesn't authenticate properly and keep asking for password. I thought it may be due to some old bugs, but after many months and several update I still have this problem. It's a surprise to find that this bug already exist since 2011 until now, 2013.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for apport (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]