package flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

How to reproduce:

While running inside VM Ware with automatic re-scaling of client os, installing some updates, in this case Flash from within Firefox, the VM Ware window was un-maximized and moved to another physical screen, and then the VM Ware window was maximized again, during the operation the Ubuntu host did not have focus in VM Ware. When focus was restored to Ubuntu in VM Ware screen was frozen black and after a short while the question to wait or force quit was popped and I forced quiting.

Expected result:

Change of the resolution should not crash applications, even when screen is "locked" as from gksu or similar.

Version information

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.10
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy flashplugin-installer
flashplugin-installer:
  Installed: 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1
  Candidate: 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1
  Version table:
 *** 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic-updates/multiverse Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com karmic-security/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     10.0.32.18ubuntu1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/multiverse Packages

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 flashplugin-installer: Install
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 22 05:02:41 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-installer 10.0.45.2ubuntu0.9.10.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic i686