Comment 2 for bug 664645

Same here:
Linux xxxxx 2.6.35-22-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 16 20:45:36 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

apt-get install alsa-utils --reinstall
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up alsa-utils (1.0.23-2ubuntu3.3) ...
dpkg: error processing alsa-utils (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 alsa-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)