package emacs24 24.3+1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Johanna west]

I'm not sure this has anything to do with a kernel but when I try to boot up my computer it will not let me log onto ubuntu 14.04, the screen will flash three times then go back to the log in page. I can reboot it in the next oldest ubuntu under advance options. Ever since this happened my internet browsers are slow, way slow, the screen sometimes fades to gray and back a couple of times. On start up when everything is loading I get kvm is disabled. And now I get this message that emacs 24.3+1-2 failed to install/upgrade. i'm now to this coming from Windows, so I'm like a baby trying to roll over basically. In windows I could run! I'm using an HP 255. Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr...................whatever that means

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: emacs24 24.3+1-2ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.16.7-031607-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 22 07:36:01 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:emacs24:24.3+1-2ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-04 (79 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.11
SourcePackage: emacs24
Title: package emacs24 24.3+1-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Glenn Morris (rgm+lp)]

The actual problem here is this wysihtml issue:

  In toplevel form:
 wysidocbookxml.el:20:1:Error: Cannot open load file: product

  In toplevel form:
  wysihtml.el:52:1:Error: Cannot open load file: product
  ERROR: install script from wysihtml-el package failed

which seems to be https://bugs.debian.org/749853

[Tatsuya Kinoshita (tats-debian)]

Fixed in wysihtml 0.13-5.2.