diff -rup -x '*.orig' -x '*.rej' -x '*.*~' gnome-session-2.25.91/splash/gnome-session-splash.c ../gnome-session-2.25.91/splash/gnome-session-splash.c
--- gnome-session-2.25.91/splash/gnome-session-splash.c	2009-02-17 17:52:31.574130870 +0100
+++ ../gnome-session-2.25.91/splash/gnome-session-splash.c	2009-02-17 17:52:10.834139948 +0100
@@ -270,8 +270,29 @@ setup_splash_window (void)
         GsmSplashWindow *splash;
         GdkPixbuf       *background;
 
+	display = gdk_display_get_default ();
+	screen = gdk_display_get_default_screen (display);
+
         /* Create the splash window */
         background = load_splash_pixbuf ();
+	
+	if (gdk_pixbuf_get_width (background) > gdk_screen_get_width (screen))
+	  {
+	    GdkPixbuf *center = NULL;
+	    int width = gdk_screen_get_width (screen);
+	    int height = gdk_screen_get_height (screen);
+	    int x_offset = (gdk_pixbuf_get_width (background) - width) / 2;
+	    int y_offset = (gdk_pixbuf_get_height (background) - height) / 2;
+	    
+	    center = gdk_pixbuf_new_subpixbuf (background,
+					       x_offset,
+					       y_offset,
+					       width,
+					       height);
+	    g_object_unref (background);
+	    background = center;
+	  }
+ 
         splash_widget = gsm_splash_window_new (background);
         splash = (GsmSplashWindow *)splash_widget;
         if (background)
--- gnome-session-2.27.91/splash/splash-window.c.ori	2009-09-09 04:43:59.062657500 +0100
+++ gnome-session-2.27.91/splash/splash-window.c	2009-09-09 04:50:16.324625800 +0100
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@
 
         pango_layout_get_pixel_extents (splash->layout, NULL, &pixel_rect);
 
-        splash->text_box.x = (allocation->x + allocation->width / 2 -
-                              pixel_rect.width / 2);
-        splash->text_box.y = (allocation->y + allocation->height -
-                              pixel_rect.height - SPLASH_LABEL_V_OFFSET);
+	splash->text_box.x = (gdk_pixbuf_get_width (splash->background) / 2) - (pixel_rect.width / 2);
+	splash->text_box.y = (gdk_pixbuf_get_height (splash->background) / 2) - (pixel_rect.height / 2) + 66;
         splash->text_box.width = pixel_rect.width + 1;
         splash->text_box.height = pixel_rect.height + 1;
 }
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@
                 return FALSE;
         }
 
-        for (l = splash->icons; l; l = l->next) {
+/*        for (l = splash->icons; l; l = l->next) {
                 SplashIcon *si = l->data;
 
                 if (gdk_rectangle_intersect (&event->area,
@@ -154,24 +152,24 @@
                                 GDK_RGB_DITHER_MAX,
                                 exposed.x, exposed.y);
                 }
-        }
+        } */
 
+/*
         if (splash->layout) {
                 calc_text_box (splash);
                 if (gdk_rectangle_intersect (&event->area, &splash->text_box, &exposed)) {
-                        /* drop shadow */
                         gdk_draw_layout (gtk_widget_get_window (widget),
                                          style->black_gc,
                                          splash->text_box.x + 1, splash->text_box.y + 1,
                                          splash->layout);
 
-                        /* text */
                         gdk_draw_layout (gtk_widget_get_window (widget),
                                          style->white_gc,
                                          splash->text_box.x, splash->text_box.y,
                                          splash->layout);
                 }
         }
+*/
 
         return FALSE;
 }
@@ -483,8 +481,8 @@
 
         /* re-draw the old text extents */
         gtk_widget_queue_draw_area (GTK_WIDGET (splash),
-                                    splash->text_box.x, splash->text_box.y,
-                                    splash->text_box.width, splash->text_box.height);
+                                    splash->text_box.x - 10, splash->text_box.y,
+                                    splash->text_box.width + 10, splash->text_box.height);
 
         g_free (splash->cur_text);
         splash->cur_text = g_strdup (app_name);