Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap"

[Paolo Sammicheli]

Running a project created with ubuntu-application template you get Gtk-WARNING messages in the shell:

x@oneiric:~/antani$ quickly run
(antani:12127): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(antani:12127): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(antani:12127): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
(antani:12127): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

The project, anyway, starts and works properly.

UPDATE: It looks like an Oneiric Beta generic issue.
Programs also affected:
 - Firefox
 - Libreoffice

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: quickly 11.09-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-11.18-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-11-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu1
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 18 16:04:27 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110901)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=C
 SHELL=/bin/bash
QuicklyDataPath: /usr/share/quickly
QuicklyTemplates:
 /usr/share/quickly/templates/ubuntu-pygame
 /usr/share/quickly/templates/ubuntu-flash-game
 /usr/share/quickly/templates/ubuntu-cli
 /usr/share/quickly/templates/ubuntu-application
QuicklyTemplatesDirectories: /usr/share/quickly/templates/
SourcePackage: quickly
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Gary M (garym)]

Possible duplicate of bug #762167 ?

[Gary M (garym)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #762167, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[SpaceCowboy (majid-amman-latif)]

i also got this when trying to run vmware4.0.bundle via:
gksudo bash ./vmware-40.bundle

[Peter Würtz (pwuertz)]

the warnings disappeared after installing the pixbuf engine

sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf

[Grigoriu Nicolae (grigoriunicolae)]

as #6 wrote, it also helped me in my Qt SDK warning

[Achim Behrens (k1l)]

#6 helped me, too.

[Don Levin (don-m-levin)]

It eliminated 4 "Gtk-WARNING..."' every time I ran gvim. Thanks!

[Miltos Tarasiadis (tarasiadis)]

I have the same problem, i try sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf and thw warning disappeared.

[Hussain Karimi (whosane21)]

I had the message as I was trying to install MATLAB 2011b on Ubuntu 11.10. The post in #6 fixed the trick for me. Thanks!

[Fabio Basile (kurochan89)]

Post #6 solved the problem for me too.
By the way, the error was raised almost every time a program with a GUI is launched.
Thank you, Peter Würtz.

[Henrique Deodato (h3nr1ke)]

Hello Guys... just starting the ubuntu development and #6 answer correct the problem, I'm using the 11.10 ubuntu version.

thanks for the help...