diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 99048c9ff1..09cb4a72e4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2006-09-18  Wim Taymans  <wim@fluendo.com>
+
+	* gst/gstelement.c: (gst_element_post_message),
+	(gst_element_dispose):
+	Use _DEBUG_OBJECT some more.
+
+	* libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c: (gst_base_src_loop):
+	Avoid typechecks.
+
+	* tools/gst-launch.c: (main):
+	If the toplevel element is not a GstPipeline, it must be put in a
+	pipeline so that a bus and clock is selected.
+
 2006-09-17  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
 
 	* libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c: (gst_base_src_default_query):
diff --git a/gst/gstelement.c b/gst/gstelement.c
index 7f9fed2e4f..83de7fc383 100644
--- a/gst/gstelement.c
+++ b/gst/gstelement.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ gst_element_post_message (GstElement * element, GstMessage * message)
   /* ERRORS */
 no_bus:
   {
-    GST_DEBUG ("not posting message %p: no bus", message);
+    GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "not posting message %p: no bus", message);
     GST_OBJECT_UNLOCK (element);
     gst_message_unref (message);
     return FALSE;
@@ -2522,7 +2522,7 @@ gst_element_dispose (GObject * object)
 
   g_return_if_fail (GST_STATE_PENDING (element) == GST_STATE_VOID_PENDING);
 
-  GST_DEBUG ("removing %d pads", g_list_length (element->pads));
+  GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (element, "removing %d pads", g_list_length (element->pads));
   /* first we break all our links with the outside */
   while (element->pads && element->pads->data) {
     /* don't call _remove_pad with NULL */
diff --git a/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c b/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
index 97927a42db..68c8517295 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
+++ b/libs/gst/base/gstbasesrc.c
@@ -1554,8 +1554,8 @@ pause:
       if (ret == GST_FLOW_UNEXPECTED) {
         /* perform EOS logic */
         if (src->segment.flags & GST_SEEK_FLAG_SEGMENT) {
-          gst_element_post_message (GST_ELEMENT (src),
-              gst_message_new_segment_done (GST_OBJECT (src),
+          gst_element_post_message (GST_ELEMENT_CAST (src),
+              gst_message_new_segment_done (GST_OBJECT_CAST (src),
                   src->segment.format, src->segment.last_stop));
         } else {
           gst_pad_push_event (pad, gst_event_new_eos ());
diff --git a/tools/gst-launch.c b/tools/gst-launch.c
index 58a1bdf76d..6f3bad8e16 100644
--- a/tools/gst-launch.c
+++ b/tools/gst-launch.c
@@ -679,10 +679,8 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
     GstState state, pending;
     GstStateChangeReturn ret;
 
-    /* If the top-level object is not a bin, or is just a normal bin that
-     * doesn't do top-level type logic, place it in a pipeline. Assumes any
-     * other top-level bin is a special kind (like playbin) */
-    if (!GST_IS_BIN (pipeline) || (G_OBJECT_TYPE (pipeline) == GST_TYPE_BIN)) {
+    /* If the top-level object is not a pipeline, place it in a pipeline. */
+    if (!GST_IS_PIPELINE (pipeline)) {
       GstElement *real_pipeline = gst_element_factory_make ("pipeline", NULL);
 
       if (real_pipeline == NULL) {