It's nothing to do with gconf or gtk2-engines. The issue is that we don't have a gtk3 theme yet. That is currently being worked on. In the meantime, you can change your theme to the GNOME default (Adwaita) using dconf-editor. You need gnome-themes-standard installed for that though
** Changed in: gconf (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Changed in: gtk2-engines (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/785940 Title: gtk theme engine not working -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs