Hello I have the same problem. It works for current logged user but not for another (sudo for example). I tried symlinking .gtk_qt_engine_rc and .gtkrc_2.0-kde files to same sources but they are ignored. Starting from command line or from kde menu (e.g synaptic) does not matter.
Here is the forum discussion about this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=637729 -- [Hardy] The gtk-qt-engine doesn't work while staring applications as another user https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/205201 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs