initsplash() {

    [[ -f /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash ]] && source /etc/sysconfig/bootsplash

    [[ -n $SPLASH ]] && splash_rc=$SPLASH

    [[ -n $THEME ]] && theme=$THEME

    [[ -x /sbin/splash.sh ]] || splash_rc=no

    if [[ -e /proc/splash ]]; then 

	grep -q off /proc/splash && splash_rc=no

    else

	splash_rc=no

    fi	    

    splash_cfg=/etc/bootsplash/

    [[ $splash_rc != "no" && $splash_rc != "No" && $splash_rc != "NO" ]] && export splash_rc=yes

    [[ -d $splash_cfg/themes ]] || splash_rc=

    if [[ $splash_rc = "yes" && -n $theme ]];then

	[[ ! -d $splash_cfg/themes/$theme ]] && theme=current

	res=`fbresolution`

	tmpval=$LOGO_CONSOLE

        if [ -f /etc/bootsplash/themes/$theme/config/bootsplash-$res.cfg ]; then

	    function box() { true; } # ignore box descriptions in the config file

            . /etc/bootsplash/themes/$theme/config/bootsplash-$res.cfg

	fi

	if [[ $tmpval != "theme" ]];then

	    LOGO_CONSOLE=$tmpval

	fi

    fi

    if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then

    set `/sbin/runlevel`

        runlevel=$2

        previous=$1

    else

	runlevel=$1

	previous=N

    fi

    nbservices=0

    # 

    # for small dir, it is faster than echo /etc/rc$runlevel.d/* | wc -w

    #

    for i in /etc/rc$runlevel.d/*

    do

	a=$[nbservices++]

    done

    for i in /etc/rc$runlevel.d/*.rpm*

    do

	a=$[nbservices--]

    done

    a=$[nbservices++]

    # this is the number of step in rc.sysinit, could be ajusted

    [[ "$previous" = "N" ]] && nbservices=$(($nbservices+8)) && progress=7

    PROMPT=

    export nbservices res theme progress_enable progress text_x text_y text_color text_size splash_rc LOGO_CONSOLE PROMPT

}

rc_splash() {

    [[ "$splash_rc" = "yes" ]] || return

    if [[ -n "$2" ]]; then

        progress=$2

    else 

        a=$[progress++]

    fi

    LANGUAGE=$LANGUAGE LC_ALL=$LC_CTYPE /sbin/splash.sh "$1"

}