When I run gst-register-0.7 I get this:

[root@davinci ppc]# gdb gst-register-0.7
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(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/gst-register-0.7
[New Thread 16384 (LWP 10360)]
rebuilding global_registry (/var/cache/gstreamer-0.7/registry.xml)
added plugin gsttypes with 2 feature(s)
added plugin gststaticautoplugrender with 1 feature(s)
added plugin gststaticautoplug with 1 feature(s)
added plugin gstspider with 2 feature(s)
added plugin gstoptscheduler with 1 feature(s)
added plugin gstoptomegascheduler with 1 feature(s)
added plugin gstoptgthreadscheduler with 1 feature(s)
added plugin gstindexers with 2 feature(s)
added plugin gstgetbits with 0 feature(s)
added plugin gstelements with 14 feature(s)
added plugin gstbasicomegascheduler with 1 feature(s)
added plugin autoplugger with 1 feature(s)
added plugin autoplugcache with 1 feature(s)
added plugin gstbasicgthreadscheduler with 1 feature(s)
 
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.

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