(Dapper) - password dialog freezes system

[Jacek Rakowiecki]

On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 22:31 +0200, Gruneberg wrote:
> Upgraded to Dapper on a nuke and rebuild box.... Only issue I have is 
> that everytime I need to input my password (Synaptic / Root terminal / 
> networking-admin) the dialog box freezes the system and a hard reboot is 
> needed.

Have you tried Ctrl+Alt+F1 ?

What's your version of "gksu" package?