I was doing an install from a unity instance started from a terminal instance. I can't start unity directly
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: emacs24 24.3+1-4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-22.29-generic 3.16.4
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 15 09:23:42 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:emacs24:24.3+1-4ubuntu1:subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-10-04 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140923)
SourcePackage: emacs24
Title: package emacs24 24.3+1-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.