diff -Naur sbin/functions.sh sbin-new/functions.sh
--- sbin/functions.sh	2004-06-15 18:32:24.000000000 +0200
+++ sbin-new/functions.sh	2004-08-03 01:58:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@
 	pb_scripts=0
 	pb_rate=0
 
-	if [ ! -x /sbin/splash ] || \
-	   [ -e /proc/version -a ! -e /proc/splash ]
-	then
+	if [ ! -x /sbin/splash ]; then
 		return 0
 	fi
 	
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@
 	pb_scripts=${#pb_runs[*]}
 	pb_boot=${#pb_runb[*]}
 
-	[ ! -e /proc/splash -o ! -x /sbin/splash ] && return 0
+	[ ! -x /sbin/splash ] && return 0
 
 	if [ -f /etc/conf.d/bootsplash.conf ]
 	then
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@
 	local myscript="$2"
 	local action="$3"
 	
-	[ ! -e /proc/splash -o ! -x /sbin/splash ] && return 0
+	[ ! -x /sbin/splash ] && return 0
 	
 	if [ "${fsstate}" = "inline" ]
 	then
@@ -258,7 +256,7 @@
 splash_debug() {
 	local softlevel="$1"
 
-	[ ! -e /proc/splash -o ! -x /sbin/splash ] && return 0
+	[ ! -x /sbin/splash ] && return 0
 	
 	if [ -f /etc/conf.d/bootsplash.conf ]
 	then
@@ -280,10 +278,7 @@
 }
 
 update_splash_wrappers() {
-	if [ -x /sbin/splash ] && \
-	   ([ ! -e /proc/version ] || \
-	    [ -e /proc/version -a -e /proc/splash ])
-	then
+	if [ -x /sbin/splash ]; then
 		rc_splash() {
 			/sbin/splash $*
 		}
diff -Naur sbin/rc sbin-new/rc
--- sbin/rc	2004-06-15 18:32:24.000000000 +0200
+++ sbin-new/rc	2004-08-03 02:10:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@
 		dep_stop "${i}"
 	done
 else
+	rc_splash "start"
 	get_critical_services
 
 	is_critical_service() {