--- openrc-0.4.3.bak/src/rc/rc-logger.c 2009-02-11 07:55:19.000000000 +0100
+++ openrc-0.4.3/src/rc/rc-logger.c     2009-04-03 00:04:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -150,9 +150,6 @@
        int i;
        FILE *log = NULL;

-       if (!isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
-               return;
-
        if (!rc_conf_yesno("rc_logger"))
                return;

@@ -163,12 +160,19 @@
                     fcntl (signal_pipe[i], F_SETFD, s | FD_CLOEXEC) == -1))
                        eerrorx("fcntl: %s", strerror (errno));

-       tcgetattr(STDOUT_FILENO, &tt);
-       ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws);
-
-       /* /dev/pts may not be available yet */
-       if (openpty(&rc_logger_tty, &slave_tty, NULL, &tt, &ws))
-               return;
+       if (isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
+       {
+               tcgetattr(STDOUT_FILENO, &tt);
+               ioctl(STDOUT_FILENO, TIOCGWINSZ, &ws);
+
+               /* /dev/pts may not be available yet */
+               if (openpty(&rc_logger_tty, &slave_tty, NULL, &tt, &ws))
+                       return;
+       }
+       else
+               /* /dev/pts may not be available yet */
+               if (openpty(&rc_logger_tty, &slave_tty, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+                       return;

        if ((s = fcntl(rc_logger_tty, F_GETFD, 0)) == 0)
                fcntl(rc_logger_tty, F_SETFD, s | FD_CLOEXEC);