Ok, after further investigation, the problem comes from my (external) sound card, an EMU Tracker Pre. The crash happens when selecting this device as input device in the sound applet.
Here is the stacktrace: (gdb) run sound Starting program: /tmp/tmpVSBtz1/usr/bin/gnome-control-center sound [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7fffef2b5700 (LWP 17363)] [New Thread 0x7fffed3d0700 (LWP 17364)] warning: "/tmp/tmpVSBtz1/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/44/e380bea4bc54a41e8afa2f8b7bb2d4717d1f87.debug": separate debug info file has no debug info warning: Could not load shared library symbols for /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gtk-3.0/3.0.0/menuproxies/libappmenu.so. Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"? [New Thread 0x7fffc23ab700 (LWP 17366)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x5555557f2ca0, signal_id=1, detail=1458, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7fffff7ff198) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gsignal.c:3080 3080 /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gsignal.c: No such file or directory. (gdb) bt #0 g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x5555557f2ca0, signal_id=1, detail=1458, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7fffff7ff198) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gsignal.c:3080 #1 0x00007ffff619f642 in g_signal_emit (instance=<optimized out>, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gsignal.c:3356 #2 0x00007ffff618aaf5 in g_object_dispatch_properties_changed (object=0x5555557f2ca0, n_pspecs=1, pspecs=0x5b2) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gobject.c:1041 #3 0x00007ffff618a53e in g_object_notify_queue_thaw (object=object@entry=0x5555557f2ca0, nqueue=nqueue@entry=0x5555562e5d90) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gobject.c:291 #4 0x00007ffff618c593 in g_object_thaw_notify (object=0x5555557f2ca0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gobject.c:1269 #5 0x00007ffff75e44bb in apply_cell_attributes (renderer=0x5555557f2ca0, info=0x555555aaa010, data=0x7fffff7ff410) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.6.0/./gtk/gtkcellarea.c:1287 #6 0x00007ffff5eb7090 in g_hash_table_foreach (hash_table=0x555555ae0000, func=func@entry=0x7ffff75e43a0 <apply_cell_attributes>, user_data=user_data@entry=0x7fffff7ff410) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./glib/ghash.c:1524 #7 0x00007ffff75e4356 in gtk_cell_area_real_apply_attributes (area=<optimized out>, tree_model=0x555555a93640, iter=0x55555630cc00, is_expander=<optimized out>, is_expanded=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.6.0/./gtk/gtkcellarea.c:1313 #8 0x00007ffff75e9d9f in gtk_cell_area_box_apply_attributes (area=<optimized out>, tree_model=tree_model@entry=0x555555a93640, iter=iter@entry=0x55555630cc00, is_expander=<optimized out>, is_expanded=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.6.0/./gtk/gtkcellareabox.c:1317 #9 0x00007ffff76b0158 in _gtk_marshal_VOID__OBJECT_BOXED_BOOLEAN_BOOLEANv (closure=0x5555559f8290, return_value=<optimized out>, instance=0x555555a71cd0, args=<optimized out>, marshal_data=<optimized out>, n_params=<optimized out>, param_types=0x5555559ffed0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.6.0/./gtk/gtkmarshalers.c:4960 #10 0x00007ffff6186407 in _g_closure_invoke_va (closure=0x5555559f8290, return_value=0x0, instance=0x555555a71cd0, args=0x7fffff7ff7a8, n_params=4, param_types=0x5555559ffed0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gclosure.c:840 #11 0x00007ffff619edf6 in g_signal_emit_valist (instance=0x555555a71cd0, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=0, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7fffff7ff7a8) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gsignal.c:3211 #12 0x00007ffff619f642 in g_signal_emit (instance=instance@entry=0x555555a71cd0, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=detail@entry=0) at /build/buildd/glib2.0-2.34.1/./gobject/gsignal.c:3356 #13 0x00007ffff75e61b4 in gtk_cell_area_apply_attributes (area=0x555555a71cd0, tree_model=tree_model@entry=0x555555a93640, iter=iter@entry=0x7fffff7ff8c0, is_expander=is_expander@entry=0, is_expanded=is_expanded@entry=0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.6.0/./gtk/gtkcellarea.c:2362 #14 0x00007ffff77caa5d in gtk_tree_view_column_cell_set_cell_data (tree_column=<optimized out>, tree_model=tree_model@entry=0x555555a93640, iter=iter@entry=0x7fffff7ff8c0, is_expander=is_expander@entry=0, is_expanded=is_expanded@entry=0) at /build/buildd/gtk+3.0-3.6.0/./gtk/gtktreeviewcolumn.c:2872 ---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---q -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1056334 Title: sound capplet segfaults in gvc_mixer_control_lookup_device_from_stream() Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Since the update to libgstreamer1.0, the sound module in gnome- control-center crashes on startup. $ export LANG=C $ gdb gnome-control-center GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5-ubuntu Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>... Reading symbols from /usr/bin/gnome-control-center...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) r sound Starting program: /usr/bin/gnome-control-center sound [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". [New Thread 0x7fffee641700 (LWP 2442)] [New Thread 0x7fffe7fff700 (LWP 2443)] [New Thread 0x7fffe4adf700 (LWP 2444)] [Thread 0x7fffe4adf700 (LWP 2444) exited] [New Thread 0x7fffe4adf700 (LWP 2445)] Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. _IO_vfprintf_internal (s=0x7fffff7ff620, format=0x7fffc8d09428 "\n lookup device from stream - %s - it is a network_stream \n", ap=0x7fffff7ff848) at vfprintf.c:1329 1329 vfprintf.c: No such file or directory. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu15 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-15.23-generic 3.5.4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Sep 25 19:05:24 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-08-24 (31 days ago) usr_lib_gnome-control-center: activity-log-manager-control-center 0.9.4-0ubuntu3 deja-dup 23.92-0ubuntu1 gnome-control-center-signon 0.0.17-0ubuntu1 indicator-datetime 12.10.1-0ubuntu1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/1056334/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp