diff -r badfcdf6b95d -r 8dc8663fbcd9 pidgin/gtksound.c
--- a/pidgin/gtksound.c	Tue Aug 13 20:46:38 2013 +0530
+++ b/pidgin/gtksound.c	Thu Aug 15 03:33:17 2013 +0530
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
 
 #ifdef USE_GSTREAMER
 	purple_debug_info("sound", "Initializing sound output drivers.\n");
+	gst_registry_fork_set_enabled(FALSE);
 	if ((gst_init_failed = !gst_init_check(NULL, NULL, &error))) {
 		purple_notify_error(NULL, _("GStreamer Failure"),
 					_("GStreamer failed to initialize."),