What does 'echo $TERM' say?

        elsif ($ENV{TERM} eq 'dumb' || $ENV{TERM} eq 'unknown') {
                die gettext("Dialog frontend will not work on a dumb terminal, 
an emacs shell buffer, or without a controlling terminal.")."\n";
        }

What terminal emulator are you running?

** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (kamion)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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[gutsy] debconf unable to initialize frontend
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/130519
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