update manager hangs in karmic after entering password

[Rohan Agrawal]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

update-manager:
  Installed: 1:0.125.6
  Candidate: 1:0.125.6
  Version table:
 *** 1:0.125.6 0
        500 http://ubuntu.media.mit.edu karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

After clicking on the button to install packages and entering the password, update manager just hangs, consistently, and has to be killed. I have to update from the command line.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 6 21:39:21 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: openafs nvidia
Package: update-manager 1:0.125.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic x86_64

[riccardo de palo (riccardo-depalo-gmail)]

I have the same problem with lucid, on my Asus T101mt. After password, update manager hangs and I have to kill it