diff -ruHp initscripts-8.76.2.orig/rc.d/rc initscripts-8.76.2/rc.d/rc
--- initscripts-8.76.2.orig/rc.d/rc	2008-06-27 17:03:36.000000000 -0400
+++ initscripts-8.76.2/rc.d/rc	2008-06-27 17:27:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ export runlevel previous
 
 export CONSOLETYPE
 cmdline=$(cat /proc/cmdline)
+[ -x /etc/rc.d/init.d/0-boot-anim-start ] && cmdline="$cmdline rhgb"
 if ! strstr "$cmdline" rhgb; then
 	GRAPHICAL="no"
 	export GRAPHICAL
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ UPSTART=
 if [ "$previous" = "N" ]; then
 	if [ "$do_confirm" = "yes" ]; then
 		echo $"Entering interactive startup"
+		# bail out of pretty boot
+		chvt 1
 	else
 		echo $"Entering non-interactive startup"
 	fi
diff -ruHp initscripts-8.76.2.orig/rc.d/rc.sysinit initscripts-8.76.2/rc.d/rc.sysinit
--- initscripts-8.76.2.orig/rc.d/rc.sysinit	2008-06-27 17:03:36.000000000 -0400
+++ initscripts-8.76.2/rc.d/rc.sysinit	2008-06-27 17:03:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ unamer=`uname -r`
 
 set -m
 
+if [ -x /usr/bin/rhgb-client ] ; then
+    # OLPC's rhgb-client depends on localhost being up
+    /sbin/ip addr add 127.0.0.1/8 dev lo
+    /sbin/ip addr add ::1/128 dev lo
+    /sbin/ip link set lo up
+    /usr/bin/rhgb-client --update=sysinit-top # early "we're alive" indication
+fi
+
 if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network ]; then
     . /etc/sysconfig/network
 fi
@@ -284,10 +292,13 @@ if [ -x /bin/taskset ]; then
    fi
 fi
 
+update_boot_stage udev
+( sleep 3 ; update_boot_stage udev_mid ) &
 nashpid=$(pidof nash 2>/dev/null)
 [ -n "$nashpid" ] && kill $nashpid >/dev/null 2>&1
 unset nashpid
 /sbin/start_udev
+update_boot_stage udev_post
 
 # Load other user-defined modules
 for file in /etc/sysconfig/modules/*.modules ; do
diff -ruHp initscripts-8.76.2.orig/udev/rules.d/10-console.rules initscripts-8.76.2/udev/rules.d/10-console.rules
--- initscripts-8.76.2.orig/udev/rules.d/10-console.rules	2008-07-24 12:26:56.000000000 -0400
+++ initscripts-8.76.2/udev/rules.d/10-console.rules	2008-07-24 12:29:15.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Console initialization - keyboard, font, etc.
-KERNEL=="tty0",		RUN+="/lib/udev/console_init %k"
+# OLPC: commented out to remove tty0 udev initialization, which takes
+#       place during pretty boot and makes the screen flash (dlo trac #3569).
+#       We set up the console ourselves, both in
+#       96-olpc-keyboard.rules as well as in olpc-configure, and we
+#       set the appropriate font in /etc/init.d/z-boot-anim-stop -- so
+#       this is completely unnecessary.
+#KERNEL=="tty0",		RUN+="/lib/udev/console_init %k"
 
 # Check and set up serial and serial-like consoles if necessary
 KERNEL=="console",	RUN+="/lib/udev/console_check %k"