Comment 2 for bug 638747

Sep 15 15:22:20 AartsA kernel: [ 1501.507788] gpointing-devic[3153]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fa45216b2f5 sp 00007fffc67b2020 error 4 in touchpad.so[7fa452168000+7000]
Sep 15 15:22:50 AartsA kernel: [ 1531.149706] gpointing-devic[3161]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f86497cf2f5 sp 00007fff441e3c40 error 4 in touchpad.so[7f86497cc000+7000]
Sep 15 15:23:31 AartsA kernel: [ 1572.211670] gpointing-devic[3171]: segfault at 0 ip 00007fa7b5d562f5 sp 00007fff056f8170 error 4 in touchpad.so[7fa7b5d53000+7000]
Sep 15 15:25:33 AartsA kernel: [ 1694.377881] gpointing-devic[3201]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f1a20f8a2f5 sp 00007fffa6b59b90 error 4 in touchpad.so[7f1a20f87000+7000]
Sep 15 15:26:01 AartsA kernel: [ 1722.497181] gpointing-devic[3222]: segfault at 0 ip 00007f8d199a52f5 sp 00007fff40414070 error 4 in touchpad.so[7f8d199a2000+7000]

This now only occurs when I attempt to open the settings applet through the menu or with Alt+F2.
Running gpointing-device-settings from a normal commandline also causes the segfault.
Running gpointing-device-settings from a (root) commandline opens the applet normally without the segfault.

It appears either the menu settings are forgetting to call a gksudo, or the code that checks for superuser rights is buggy.
As the application can still be used by prepending a gksudo or running it from root this is not a critical bug, however it is rather annoying that you can't use the menu link.
Thanks!