According to KDE bug 263182, the problem is in the code initializing the engine. Can the patch, only two lines worth, be backported into Natty please?
** Bug watch added: KDE Bug Tracking System #263182 http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263182 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to gtk2-engines-oxygen in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/784379 Title: Oxygen-gtk style fails to load with Emacs -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs