> Lately, ever since I installed gnome3 (3.2), a lot of things have gone > unstable. Gnome crashes a lot and pulseaudio too, on every start (I see a > segfault by the equalizer module).
I had lots of graphics related problems with gnome3.2 - from render errors to system freezes. So in a desperate move I unmasked gnome3.4 (from the overlay) and installed it. Installing (and maintaining) 3.4 is a bit hairy, but all my problems have gone since that. So if recompiling with O2 does not help, and you don't mind bleeding edge packages on your system, try 3.4
