--- gpe-bootsplash-1.15/gpe-bootsplash.init.orig	2006-04-13 20:26:28.164825368 +0200
+++ gpe-bootsplash-1.15/gpe-bootsplash.init	2006-04-13 20:25:28.620877424 +0200
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 mount /proc 2>/dev/null
 
+mount -o remount,rw /
+
 case $1 in
 'start')
 	case `module_id` in
@@ -31,8 +33,47 @@
 			;;
 	esac
 	echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/printk
+
+	# Clear tty2 	
+	echo -e "\033c" > /dev/tty2
+	
 	chvt 2
-	/usr/bin/gpe-bootsplash $ARGS
+	
+	echo -e "\nLoading bootsplash..." > /dev/tty2
+	echo "Use Alt-LeftArrow to see the boot messages." > /dev/tty2
+
+	# Catch when the user has changed the symlinks manually (normally it doesn't matter which link we check
+	# as themes always update both of them
+	echo "$ARGS" | grep -q -- "--force-landscape" && source_link="splash-l.svg" || source_link="splash-p.svg" 
+
+	touch /etc/bootsplash.name
+
+	# bootsplash takes quite some time to load external images into an svg file.
+	# We speed things up by dumping the content of fb0, and catting it back (which works instantly)
+	if test -e /etc/bootsplash.raw.gz -a "`cat /etc/bootsplash.name`" = "`readlink /usr/share/gpe/$source_link`"			
+	then
+		echo -e "\nUsing /etc/bootsplash.raw.gz...." > /dev/tty2
+		sleep 1
+
+		# Turn off the cursor on tty2
+		echo -e "\033[?25l\000" > /dev/tty2 
+
+		zcat /etc/bootsplash.raw.gz > /dev/fb0
+	else
+		rm -f /etc/bootsplash.*
+		# Store the symlinks name as an indication which theme is used at the time we dump the image
+		if (/usr/bin/gpe-bootsplash $ARGS)
+		then			
+			readlink /usr/share/gpe/$source_link > /etc/bootsplash.name
+			
+			cat /dev/fb0 | gzip >/etc/bootsplash.raw.gz
+		else
+			echo -e "\nNOTE: gpe-bootsplash failed to start" >/dev/tty2
+			sleep 3
+			chvt 1
+		fi
+		
+	fi	
 	;;
 'stop')
 ;;