diff -ru src.orig//splashutils-1.5.4.3/scripts/splash-functions.sh.in src//splashutils-1.5.4.3/scripts/splash-functions.sh.in
--- src.orig//splashutils-1.5.4.3/scripts/splash-functions.sh.in	2008-11-13 20:54:19.000000000 +0100
+++ src//splashutils-1.5.4.3/scripts/splash-functions.sh.in	2011-03-03 09:45:29.258901793 +0100
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@
 	# Start the splash daemon
 	BOOT_MSG="$(splash_get_boot_message)" ${spl_daemon} --theme="${SPLASH_THEME}" --pidfile="${spl_pidfile}" --type=${ttype} ${options}

+	# First let the daemon open the event dev before it's gone away in case this is run in the initcpio
+	splash_set_event_dev
+
 	# Set the silent TTY and boot message
 	splash_comm_send "set tty silent ${SPLASH_TTY}"

@@ -261,8 +264,6 @@

 	splash_comm_send "set autoverbose ${SPLASH_AUTOVERBOSE}"

-	splash_set_event_dev
-
 	return 0
 }