diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/93_xbmc b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/93_xbmc
index 24d1577b5d..936604ce98 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/93_xbmc
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/93_xbmc
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ fi
 # starting autostart script (will be removed later again, dont use it!!!)
   AUTOSTART="/storage/.config/autostart.sh"
   if [ -f $AUTOSTART ]; then
-    echo "!!! AUTOSTART script detected !!!" >> /var/log/messages
-    cat "$AUTOSTART" >> /var/log/messages
-    echo "!!! -End of autostart script- !!!" >> /var/log/messages
+    echo '!!! AUTOSTART script detected !!!' | logger -t Boot
+    cat "$AUTOSTART" | logger -t Boot
+    echo '!!! -End of autostart script- !!!' | logger -t Boot
 
     sh $AUTOSTART
   fi
diff --git a/packages/network/connman/patches/connman-dnsproxy_Make_sure_we_are_not_accessing_null-hash.patch b/packages/network/connman/patches/connman-dnsproxy_Make_sure_we_are_not_accessing_null-hash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..361a4f6bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/connman/patches/connman-dnsproxy_Make_sure_we_are_not_accessing_null-hash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+From 9944240ba52d19f04fb4bf468a8524f570e5fa6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jukka Rissanen <jukka.rissanen@linux.intel.com>
+Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:15:19 +0000
+Subject: dnsproxy: Make sure we are not accessing null hash
+
+If dnsproxy is not in use, like when connman has been started
+with -r option, then the listener_table will be NULL which can
+cause crash in hash table lookup call.
+---
+diff --git a/src/dnsproxy.c b/src/dnsproxy.c
+index f698cfd..7a9ca91 100644
+--- a/src/dnsproxy.c
++++ b/src/dnsproxy.c
+@@ -2916,6 +2916,9 @@ int __connman_dnsproxy_add_listener(int index)
+ 	if (index < 0)
+ 		return -EINVAL;
+ 
++	if (listener_table == NULL)
++		return 0;
++
+ 	if (g_hash_table_lookup(listener_table, GINT_TO_POINTER(index)) != NULL)
+ 		return 0;
+ 
+@@ -2947,6 +2950,9 @@ void __connman_dnsproxy_remove_listener(int index)
+ 
+ 	DBG("index %d", index);
+ 
++	if (listener_table == NULL)
++		return;
++
+ 	ifdata = g_hash_table_lookup(listener_table, GINT_TO_POINTER(index));
+ 	if (ifdata == NULL)
+ 		return;
+--
+cgit v0.9.1
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directories b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directories
index 096e5b6f64..70c93b066b 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directories
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/02_make-directories
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@ progress "make variable directory structure"
   touch /var/run/utmp
     chmod 1777 /var/run/utmp
 
-progress "make runtime directory structure"
-  ln -sf /storage/.config/modprobe.d /run/modprobe.d
-
 progress "make logging directory structure"
-  if test "$DEBUG" = "yes"; then
+  if [ ! "$RUNLEVEL" = "installer" -a "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
     mkdir -p $HOME/log
     ln -sf $HOME/log /var/log
   else
@@ -52,19 +49,24 @@ progress "make logging directory structure"
   touch /var/log/wtmp
     chmod 1777 /var/log/wtmp
 
-progress "make variable library directory structure"
-# others:
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1
-    chmod 700 /var/lib/polkit-1
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/20-org.d
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/30-site.d
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/90-mandatory.d
+if [ ! "$RUNLEVEL" = "installer" ]; then
+  progress "make runtime directory structure"
+    ln -sf /storage/.config/modprobe.d /run/modprobe.d
 
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/udisks
-  mkdir -p /var/lib/upower
+  progress "make variable library directory structure"
+  # others:
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1
+      chmod 700 /var/lib/polkit-1
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/10-vendor.d
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/20-org.d
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/30-site.d
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/90-mandatory.d
 
-progress "make caching directory structure"
-  mkdir -p $HOME/.cache/bluetooth
-  ln -sf $HOME/.cache/bluetooth /var/lib/bluetooth
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/udisks
+    mkdir -p /var/lib/upower
+
+  progress "make caching directory structure"
+    mkdir -p $HOME/.cache/bluetooth
+    ln -sf $HOME/.cache/bluetooth /var/lib/bluetooth
+fi
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig
index f0b0750dbe..5cbd4a6585 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/06_systemconfig
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ OPENELEC_SETTINGS="$HOME/.xbmc/userdata/addon_data/os.openelec.settings/settings
 
 if [ -f "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" ]; then
     progress "creating system settings"
-    
+
     mkdir -p /var/config
     cat "$OPENELEC_SETTINGS" \
         | awk -F'["'\'']' '{gsub(/\&quot\;/, "\\\"", $4); gsub(/\&apos\;/, "\047", $4); gsub(/\&amp\;/, "\\&", $4); gsub(/\&lt\;/, "<", $4); gsub(/\&gt\;/, ">", $4); gsub(/\$/, "\\\$", $4); gsub(/`/, "\\`", $4); print $2"=\""$4"\"";}' \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_cdrom b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_cdrom
index 0b126ec933..e82393990d 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_cdrom
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/10_cdrom
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 # setup cdrom settings
 #
-# runlevels: openelec, installer, textmode
+# runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
 progress "Setup some CDROM settings"
   sysctl -w dev.cdrom.lock=0 > /dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_syslogd b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_syslogd
index 3eb91fe548..e89918dfce 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_syslogd
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/23_syslogd
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 # start syslog daemon
 #
-# runlevels: openelec, installer, textmode
+# runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
 (
   progress "Starting Syslog daemon"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/safe-shutdown.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/safe-shutdown.conf
index 69710d03a5..dfe7dd7ddf 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/safe-shutdown.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/safe-shutdown.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,18 @@
     omit_pids+=( $@ )
   }
 
+  _shutdown_script () {
+    SHUTDOWN="/storage/.config/shutdown.sh"
+    if [ -f $SHUTDOWN ]; then
+      echo '!!! SHUTDOWN script detected !!!' | logger -t shutdown.sh
+      cat "$SHUTDOWN" | logger -t shutdown.sh
+      echo '!!! -End of shutdown script- !!!' | logger -t shutdown.sh
+      sh $SHUTDOWN
+    fi
+  }
+
   _safe_shutdown () {
+    _shutdown_script
     add_omit_pids $(pidof connmand)
     add_omit_pids $(pidof dbus-daemon)
     killall5 -15 ${omit_pids[@]/#/-o }
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/init.d/03_timezone b/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/init.d/03_timezone
index 04e49890c0..f976ed46d2 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/init.d/03_timezone
+++ b/packages/sysutils/timezone-data/init.d/03_timezone
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #
 # make variable directory structure
 #
-# runlevels: openelec, installer, textmode
+# runlevels: openelec, textmode
 
 progress "setting timezone"
   GUISETTINGS="/storage/.xbmc/userdata/guisettings.xml"
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick
index 000c2ccac0..6029d601fb 100755
--- a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ MENU COLOR tabmsg       31;40   #ff868787 #00000000 std
 LABEL installer
   MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Installer
   KERNEL /KERNEL
-  APPEND boot=UUID=$UUID installer quiet
+  APPEND boot=UUID=$UUID installer quiet vga=current
 
 LABEL live
   MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Live
   KERNEL /KERNEL
-  APPEND boot=UUID=$UUID disk=FILE=STORAGE,512 quiet
+  APPEND boot=UUID=$UUID disk=FILE=STORAGE,512 quiet vga=current
 
 EOF
 
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.bat b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.bat
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 7a78f839f9..37521d2cc3
--- a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.bat
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.bat
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ IF ERRORLEVEL 1 goto InvalidDrive
 >NUL copy README.md %DRIVE%
 >NUL copy RELEASE %DRIVE%
 >NUL copy openelec.ico %DRIVE%
->NUL copy 3rdparty/syslinux/vesamenu.c32 %DRIVE%
+>NUL copy 3rdparty\syslinux\vesamenu.c32 %DRIVE%
 >NUL copy splash.png %DRIVE%
 
 FOR /F "tokens=5" %%G IN ('vol %DRIVE% ^|find "-"') DO SET DRIVEUUID=%%G
@@ -133,12 +133,12 @@ ECHO.  >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO LABEL installer >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO   MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Installer >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO   KERNEL /KERNEL >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
-ECHO   APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC installer quiet >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
+ECHO   APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC installer quiet vga=current >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO. >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO LABEL live >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO   MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Live >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 ECHO   KERNEL /KERNEL >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
-ECHO   APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE,512 quiet >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
+ECHO   APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE,512 quiet vga=current >> %DRIVE%\syslinux.cfg
 GOTO END
 
 :InvalidDrive
@@ -200,4 +200,4 @@ ECHO.
 popd
 SET DRIVE=
 SET DRIVEUUID=
-PAUSE
\ No newline at end of file
+PAUSE
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.exe b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.exe
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 3b15922423..7355010024
Binary files a/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.exe and b/packages/tools/syslinux/files/create_livestick.exe differ
diff --git a/tools/nsis-installer/oeinstaller.nsi b/tools/nsis-installer/oeinstaller.nsi
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index c836c4fe82..8ce3800c79
--- a/tools/nsis-installer/oeinstaller.nsi
+++ b/tools/nsis-installer/oeinstaller.nsi
@@ -147,15 +147,15 @@ Section "oeusbstart"
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' 'LABEL installer'
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Installer'
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  KERNEL /KERNEL'
-  ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC installer quiet'
+  ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC installer quiet vga=current'
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' ''
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' 'LABEL live'
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  MENU LABEL Run OpenELEC Live'
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  KERNEL /KERNEL'
   ${If} $STORAGE_SIZE == "0"
-    ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE quiet $SSH_PARAM'
+    ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE quiet vga=current $SSH_PARAM'
   ${Else}
-    ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE,$STORAGE_SIZE quiet $SSH_PARAM'
+    ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' '  APPEND boot=LABEL=OPENELEC disk=FILE=STORAGE,$STORAGE_SIZE quiet vga=current $SSH_PARAM'
   ${EndIf}
   ${WriteToFile} '$DRIVE_LETTER\syslinux.cfg' ''
   DetailPrint ""