--- desktop/unx/source/start.c-old	2007-10-20 17:48:31.000000000 +0200
+++ desktop/unx/source/start.c	2007-10-20 17:42:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -378,12 +378,13 @@
 static void
 load_splash_defaults( rtl_uString *pAppPath, sal_Bool *pInhibitSplash )
 {
-    rtl_uString *pSettings = NULL, *pTmp = NULL;
+    rtl_uString *pSettings = NULL, *pTmp = NULL, *pEtcPath = NULL;
     rtlBootstrapHandle handle;
 
     /* costruct the sofficerc file location */
     rtl_uString_newFromAscii( &pSettings, "file://" );
-    rtl_uString_newConcat( &pSettings, pSettings, pAppPath );
+    rtl_uString_newFromAscii( &pEtcPath, "/etc/openoffice/" );
+    rtl_uString_newConcat( &pSettings, pSettings, pEtcPath );
     rtl_uString_newFromAscii( &pTmp, SAL_CONFIGFILE( "soffice" ) );
     rtl_uString_newConcat( &pSettings, pSettings, pTmp );
 
