diff -Nur trunk/src/gui.c trunk.new/src/gui.c
--- trunk/src/gui.c	2006-11-25 12:46:54.000000000 +0100
+++ trunk.new/src/gui.c	2007-10-07 18:57:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@
 	
 #if GNOME_14
 	ctx = g_option_context_new("- Gnomeradio");
+        if (!g_thread_supported ()) g_thread_init(NULL);
 	g_option_context_add_main_entries(ctx, entries, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);  
 	g_option_context_add_group(ctx, gst_init_get_option_group());
 	g_option_context_set_ignore_unknown_options(ctx, TRUE);