Description of problem:
This problem is seen by choosing the Multimedia Systems Selector from
the Hat->Preferences->More Preferences menu. If I change Audio Default
sink from ALSA to Artsd and press test I get a segfault message in
/var/log/messages and the Gstreamer Preferences window goes away.
kernel: gstreamer-prope[4284]: segfault at 0000000000002198 rip
0000002a99b646ce rsp 0000007fbfffd7c0 error 6 is the message.

If I run gstreamer-properties from a terminal as my user and click
test I get the segfault. If I run the same command under a root
terminal the error dialog appears.

Running the command: gst-launch-0.8 sinesrc ! spider ! artsdsink

as root results in an error. Running it as a user results in a segfault.

See below for environment.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gst-launch-0.8

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run gst-launch-0.8 sinesrc ! spider ! artsdsink under a users terminal.
2.
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Actual results:
crash and segfault

Expected results:
Failed to construct test pipeline for 'Artsd - ART Sound Daemon' error
dialog appears

Additional info:

This appears to be x86_64 only. Additionally I have an unsupported
sound card so I have no sound. Multimedia audio controller: Intel
Corp. 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02). The box
is an EM64T. The way this issue was found would be close to the steps
a not so savy user would take trying to get sound working on the box IMO.

Backtrace attached.