Google Chrome won't Start - Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita"
Solution 1
The problem appears to only happen with the i386 version of Google Chrome on a 64-bit Ubuntu system. The hint that it was a 32-bit vs 64-bit problem was that installing the :i386
version of certain packages made some errors go away. I was able to get Chrome working again by installing the 64-bit version:
$ sudo aptitude install google-chrome-stable
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libappindicator1 : Conflicts: libappindicator1:i386 but 12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1 is installed.
libappindicator1:i386 : Conflicts: libappindicator1 but 12.10.1+15.04.20141110-0ubuntu1 is to be installed.
google-chrome-stable : Conflicts: google-chrome-stable:i386 but 42.0.2311.152-1 is installed.
google-chrome-stable:i386 : Conflicts: google-chrome-stable but 42.0.2311.152-1 is to be installed.
libindicator7 : Conflicts: libindicator7:i386 but 12.10.2+14.10.20140922-0ubuntu1 is installed.
libindicator7:i386 : Conflicts: libindicator7 but 12.10.2+14.10.20140922-0ubuntu1 is to be installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Remove the following packages:
1) google-chrome-stable:i386
2) libappindicator1:i386
3) libindicator7:i386
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
I accepted the proposed solution to upgrade several packages to the 64-bit version, and Chrome is working again.
Solution 2
The first part of my answer:
For GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap"
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386
Solution 3
Cant always update the application, this worked for me
$ sudo apt install gnome-themes-standard:i386
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mkasberg
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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mkasberg almost 2 years
Google Chrome won't start after a recent
apt-get upgrade
. I can't figure out what I'm missing, and google doesn't turn up many results for these errors:$ google-chrome [1:1:0518/085616:ERROR:image_metadata_extractor.cc(111)] Couldn't load libexif. [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "adwaita", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", [5807:5807:0518/085616:ERROR:browser_main_loop.cc(199)] GTK theme error: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap", Aborted (core dumped) $ google-chrome --version Google Chrome 42.0.2311.152
Chrome was working fine on this machine before the upgrade.
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mkasberg about 9 yearsAfter installing libexif:i386 with
sudo aptitude install libexif12:i386
, the libexif error goes away. The only remaining errors are GTK theme errors about pixmap and adwaita. -
mkasberg about 9 yearsBased on this question, I was able to fix the pixmap errors: askubuntu.com/questions/66356/…. The only outstanding error message is about the adwaita GTK theme. I have edited the question title to reflect this.
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A.B. about 9 yearsWhat is your GTK version? What GTK theme do you use?
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mkasberg about 9 yearsThe defaults on Ubuntu Gnome. My theme is Adwaita, which is the default.
$ dpkg -s libgtk2.0-0|grep '^Version' Version: 2.24.27-0ubuntu1
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mkasberg about 9 yearsI should add that this started happening after Chrome was updated:
installed google-chrome-stable:i386 42.0.2311.152-1
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A.B. about 9 yearsAnd why 32-bit?
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mkasberg about 9 yearsThanks for the response. I had already done this, as you will see in my comments above. This does fix the "pixmap" errors, but not the other ones. I should add that in my case I had to add
:i386
to the above command:sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386
. This still does not solve the similar problem that arose with adwaita. -
Pilot6 about 9 yearsAnd what was the reason to install 32-bit Chrome on a 64-bit system?
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mkasberg about 9 yearsCan't remember why I originally did that.
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Algoman about 7 yearsDidn't work for me. sudo apt install gnome-themes-standard (without the :i386) did though.