diff -ur gnome-session-2.8.1/gnome-session/manager.c gnome-session-2.8.1-splashhide/gnome-session/manager.c
--- gnome-session-2.8.1/gnome-session/manager.c	2004-10-01 18:13:23.000000000 +0800
+++ gnome-session-2.8.1-splashhide/gnome-session/manager.c	2004-11-25 12:19:03.377269296 +0800
@@ -1380,8 +1380,10 @@
 	      if (pending_list)
 		runlevel = client->priority;
 	    }
-	  if (pending_list)
+	  if (pending_list) {
+	    splash_hide();
 	    goto out;
+	  }
 	}
       save_state = MANAGER_IDLE;
       save_state_changed ();
diff -ur gnome-session-2.8.1/gnome-session/splash-widget.c gnome-session-2.8.1-splashhide/gnome-session/splash-widget.c
--- gnome-session-2.8.1/gnome-session/splash-widget.c	2004-09-25 00:35:38.000000000 +0800
+++ gnome-session-2.8.1-splashhide/gnome-session/splash-widget.c	2004-11-25 12:17:34.346803984 +0800
@@ -605,3 +605,11 @@
 	}
 }
 
+void
+splash_hide (void)
+{
+	if(global_splash) {
+		gtk_widget_hide (GTK_WIDGET (global_splash));
+	}
+}
+
diff -ur gnome-session-2.8.1/gnome-session/splash-widget.h gnome-session-2.8.1-splashhide/gnome-session/splash-widget.h
--- gnome-session-2.8.1/gnome-session/splash-widget.h	2003-02-14 06:29:57.000000000 +0800
+++ gnome-session-2.8.1-splashhide/gnome-session/splash-widget.h	2004-11-25 12:16:49.267657056 +0800
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@
 void splash_start  (void);
 void splash_update (const gchar *text);
 void splash_stop   (void);
+void splash_hide   (void);
 
 #endif /* SPLASH_WIDGET_H */