totem crash at startup with this output: ** (totem:20042): WARNING **: No GConf default audio sink key and osssink doesn't work ** Message: failed to render default audio sink from gconf Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run totem 2. 3. Actual Results: Totem crashed. Expected Results: Totem running correctly. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r9 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 2800+ Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 dev-lang/python: 2.3.5 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/gentoo/ http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/gentoo/" LANG="es_AR" LC_ALL="es_AR" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.us.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X a52 alsa avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bonobo cdr crypt cups curl dv dvd dvdr dvdread eds encode esd fam fame flac foomaticdb fortran gif gimpprint gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml hal howl ieee1394 imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad mozilla mp3 mpeg ncurses nls nvidia ogg oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python quicktime readline samba sdl spell ssl subtitles tcpd tiff truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales vorbis xml xml2 xmms xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY
If you're using alsa, make sure you emerge gst-plugins-alsa. Try running gstreamer-properties and selecting your sink in there.
I resolved the problem compiling totem with the "xine" USE flag.
Solution is in this bug, reporter's changed to xine.
*** Bug 117686 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***