subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10

["Brooks R. Robinson" <brooks.robinson@rides.com>]

Greetings,

I am having some annoying woody problems.  I've got several packages that
won't configure, and they are all giving me the same error:

subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 10

the packages are:
ash
xdm
xplanet
xserver-common

I think that it might have to do with debconf (oh joy) when it tries to
source the /usr/share/debconf/confmodule, but I cannot be absolutely sure.
any ideas?

Thanks,

Brooks