package ttf-mscorefonts-installer usurps console window, returned error exit status 128

[grahame pratt]

This has happened twice.
the MS-installer turns the console into a GUI with an inaccessible EULA [OK] at the bottom. The only thing I can do (mouse or KB) is to close the window, which aborts the installation.
--G

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-46.108-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-46-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 25 17:39:50 2013
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20120214.2)
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 128