diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 03fd67c6..00000000
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-### BEGIN INIT INFO
-# Provides:          bootmisc
-# Required-Start:    $local_fs mountvirtfs
-# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
-# Default-Start:     S
-# Default-Stop:      0 6
-# Short-Description: Misc and other.
-### END INIT INFO
-
-. /etc/default/rcS
-#
-# Put a nologin file in /etc to prevent people from logging in before
-# system startup is complete.
-#
-if test "$DELAYLOGIN" = yes
-then
-  echo "System bootup in progress - please wait" > /etc/nologin
-  cp /etc/nologin /etc/nologin.boot
-fi
-
-#
-# Set pseudo-terminal access permissions.
-#
-if test -c /dev/ttyp0
-then
-	chmod 666 /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]
-	chown root:tty /dev/tty[p-za-e][0-9a-f]
-fi
-
-#
-# Apply /proc settings if defined
-#
-SYSCTL_CONF="/etc/sysctl.conf"
-if [ -f "${SYSCTL_CONF}" ]
-then
-	if [ -x "/sbin/sysctl" ]
-	then
-		/sbin/sysctl -p "${SYSCTL_CONF}"
-	else
-		echo "To have ${SYSCTL_CONF} applied during boot, install package <procps>."
-	fi
-fi
-
-#
-# Update /etc/motd.
-#
-if test "$EDITMOTD" != no
-then
-	uname -a > /etc/motd.tmp
-	sed 1d /etc/motd >> /etc/motd.tmp
-	mv /etc/motd.tmp /etc/motd
-fi
-
-#
-# This is as good a place as any for a sanity check
-# /tmp should be a symlink to /var/tmp to cut down on the number
-# of mounted ramdisks.
-if test ! -L /tmp && test -d /var/tmp
-then
-	rm -rf /tmp
-	ln -sf /var/tmp /tmp
-fi
-
-# Set the system clock from hardware clock
-# If the timestamp is 1 day or more recent than the current time,
-# use the timestamp instead.
-/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh start
-if test -e /etc/timestamp
-then
-	SYSTEMDATE=`date  -u +%2m%2d%2H%2M%4Y`
-	read TIMESTAMP < /etc/timestamp
-        NEEDUPDATE=`expr \( $TIMESTAMP \> $SYSTEMDATE + 10000 \)`
-        if [ $NEEDUPDATE -eq 1 ]; then 
-		date -u $TIMESTAMP
-		/etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
-	fi
-fi
-: exit 0
diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomemisc b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomemisc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b47a7f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/gnomemisc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+mkdir -p -m 1777 /tmp/.ICE-unix
diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
index 5b839682..ef85a14f 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/recipies-core/initscripts/initscripts_1.0.bb
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ SRC_URI = "file://functions \
            file://mountall.sh \
            file://banner.sh \
            file://finish.sh \
-           file://bootmisc.sh \
            file://mountnfs.sh \
            file://NetworkManager \
            file://dbus \
            file://gnomeudev \
+           file://gnomemisc \
            file://reboot \
            file://single \
            file://sendsigs \
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ do_install () {
 	install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/default
 
 	install -m 0644    ${WORKDIR}/functions		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
-	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/bootmisc.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 #	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/finish.sh		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/halt		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/hostname.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/mountall.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/NetworkManager	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/gnomeudev		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
+	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/gnomemisc		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/dbus              ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/mountnfs.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
 	install -m 0755    ${WORKDIR}/reboot		${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ do_install () {
 	ln -sf		../init.d/dbus	        ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S40dbus
 	ln -sf		../init.d/NetworkManager	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S41NetworkManager
 	ln -sf		../init.d/gnomeudev     ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S03gnomeudev
+	ln -sf		../init.d/gnomemisc     ${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S04gnomemisc
 	ln -sf		../init.d/mountnfs.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S45mountnfs.sh
-	ln -sf		../init.d/bootmisc.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S55bootmisc.sh
 #	ln -sf		../init.d/urandom	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S55urandom
 #	ln -sf		../init.d/finish.sh	${D}${sysconfdir}/rcS.d/S99finish.sh
 	# udev will run at S03 if installed