When running GuixSD on a headless server ... ssh emacs ... produces emacs running in X but ... - all of the menu icons are missing except one ('file drawers') - lots of messages are shooting in the tty session (sample below). This actually doesn't bother me because, hey, who uses the stinking icons? But it is messy and on #guix reported the same thing: VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV I was expecting if I do -i emacs -- to get binary emacs, not the ony that was compiled without gdk-pixbuf incorrectly JeanLouis: what do you mean by "that was compiled without gdk-pixbuf incorrectly" ? https://rcdrun.com/images/upload/tmp/2016-03-12-23:41:52.jpg that is what I mean (emacs-24-5:28561): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed [18:06] I get many such when running it. buttons missing ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Here is my setup: M-x version: GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.18.2) of 2016-02-27 on localhost Guix commit: * master 81a9653 gnu: webkitgtk: Update to 2.10.8 [fixes CVE-2016-1726]. Example of the messages in the tty session: VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV ** (emacs-24-5:18164): WARNING **: Couldn't connect to accessibility bus: Failed to connect to socket /tmp/dbus-JHb3wYZmX7: Connection refused (emacs-24-5:18164): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'document-new'. The 'hicolor' theme was not found either, perhaps you need to install it. You can get a copy from: http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases (emacs-24-5:18164): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'document-new' for stock: Icon 'document-new' not present in theme Adwaita (emacs-24-5:18164): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme Adwaita (emacs-24-5:18164): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_ref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (emacs-24-5:18164): Gdk-CRITICAL **: gdk_cairo_surface_create_from_pixbuf: assertion 'GDK_IS_PIXBUF (pixbuf)' failed (emacs-24-5:18164): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed (emacs-24-5:18164): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'document-new' for stock: Icon 'document-new' not present in theme Adwaita (emacs-24-5:18164): Gtk-WARNING **: Error loading theme icon 'image-missing' for stock: Icon 'image-missing' not present in theme Adwaita ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^