Comment 27 for bug 438458

Fallouts of this bug:
bug #439268 xsplash: logging is quite broken
bug #439272 xsplash: doesn't test for setuid return code
bug #439278 nautilus: nautilus only sends "loaded" signal to xsplash when show_desktop is set
bug #439284 xsplash: please allow for an easy way to disable xsplash