diff --git a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
index eadccd2..ed74622 100755
--- a/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
+++ b/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc
@@ -55,13 +55,6 @@ rex="[0-9][0-9]"
 
 export RUNLEVEL
 
-[ -e /run/plymouth/pid ] || {
-# workaround for plymouthd stopping at runlevel change with non-KMS drivers
-   $PLYMOUTHD --attach-to-session --pid-file /run/plymouth/pid
-   $PLYMOUTH --show-splash
-   WORKAROUND=1
-}
-
 [ "$previous" != "N" ] && progressbase=10 || progressbase=65
 
 if [ "$runlevel" = "0" -o "$runlevel" = "6" ]; then
@@ -73,9 +66,21 @@ if [ "$runlevel" = "0" -o "$runlevel" = "6" ]; then
       $PLYMOUTH message --text=$"System rebooting, please wait..."
    fi
 else
+   [ -e /run/plymouth/pid ] || {
+      # workaround for plymouthd stopping at runlevel change with non-KMS drivers
+      $PLYMOUTHD --attach-to-session --pid-file /run/plymouth/pid
+      $PLYMOUTH --show-splash
+      WORKAROUND=1
+   }
    $PLYMOUTH message --text=$"Starting services..."
 fi
 
+if [ "$runlevel" == "5" -a "$previous" == "N" ]; then
+   [ -e /run/plymouth/pid ] && touch /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt
+else
+   rm -f /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt || true
+fi
+
 allservicesnum=`ls -1 $rc_base/rc$runlevel.d/[S,K]* 2>/dev/null | wc -l`
 
 if [ "$previous" != "N" ]; then
@@ -103,7 +108,7 @@ if [ "$previous" != "N" ]; then
             fi
 
             progress=`expr $progressbase + $i \* \( 100 - $progressbase \) / ${allservicesnum}`
-            $servicefile stop >> $LOGFILE
+            [ -w $LOGFILE ] && $servicefile stop >> $LOGFILE || $servicefile stop
             i=`expr $i + 1`
           }
       done
@@ -113,12 +118,6 @@ fi
 
 echo -e $"Starting runlevel $runlevel services...""\r"
 
-if [ "$runlevel" == "5" -a "$previous" == "N" ]; then
-   [ -e /run/plymouth/pid ] && touch /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt
-else
-   rm -f /var/spool/gdm/force-display-on-active-vt
-fi
-
 if [ "$multithread" = "1" ]; then
 
    # recreate multithreaded dependencies