Index: plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327/src/libply-splash-core/ply-device-manager.c
===================================================================
--- plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327.orig/src/libply-splash-core/ply-device-manager.c
+++ plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327/src/libply-splash-core/ply-device-manager.c
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ struct _ply_device_manager
   int                         udev_queue_fd;
   ply_fd_watch_t             *udev_queue_fd_watch;
   struct udev_monitor        *udev_monitor;
+  bool                       has_serial_consoles;
+
 
   ply_seat_added_handler_t    seat_added_handler;
   ply_seat_removed_handler_t  seat_removed_handler;
@@ -501,6 +503,7 @@ ply_device_manager_new (const char
   manager->loop = NULL;
   manager->terminals = ply_hashtable_new (ply_hashtable_string_hash, ply_hashtable_string_compare);
   manager->local_console_terminal = ply_terminal_new (default_tty);
+  manager->has_serial_consoles = false;
   ply_hashtable_insert (manager->terminals,
                         (void *) ply_terminal_get_name (manager->local_console_terminal),
                         manager->local_console_terminal);
@@ -670,21 +673,19 @@ create_seat_for_terminal (const char
 static bool
 create_seats_from_terminals (ply_device_manager_t *manager)
 {
-  bool has_serial_consoles;
-
   ply_trace ("checking for consoles");
 
   if (manager->flags & PLY_DEVICE_MANAGER_FLAGS_IGNORE_SERIAL_CONSOLES)
     {
-      has_serial_consoles = false;
+      manager->has_serial_consoles = false;
       ply_trace ("ignoring all consoles but default console because explicitly told to.");
     }
   else
     {
-      has_serial_consoles = add_consoles_from_file (manager, "/sys/class/tty/console/active");
+      manager->has_serial_consoles = add_consoles_from_file (manager, "/sys/class/tty/console/active");
     }
 
-  if (has_serial_consoles)
+  if (manager->has_serial_consoles)
     {
       ply_trace ("serial consoles detected, managing them with details forced");
       ply_hashtable_foreach (manager->terminals,
@@ -838,6 +839,15 @@ ply_device_manager_has_open_seats (ply_d
   return false;
 }
 
+bool
+ply_device_manager_has_serial_consoles (ply_device_manager_t *manager)
+{
+    if (manager)
+    	return manager->has_serial_consoles;
+    else
+       return false;
+}
+
 ply_list_t *
 ply_device_manager_get_seats (ply_device_manager_t *manager)
 {
Index: plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327/src/main.c
===================================================================
--- plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327.orig/src/main.c
+++ plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327/src/main.c
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@ plymouth_should_show_default_splash (sta
   };
   int i;
 
-  if (state->should_force_details)
+  if (ply_device_manager_has_serial_consoles(state->device_manager) || state->should_force_details)
     return false;
 
   for (i = 0; strings[i] != NULL; i++)
Index: plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327/src/libply-splash-core/ply-device-manager.h
===================================================================
--- plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327.orig/src/libply-splash-core/ply-device-manager.h
+++ plymouth-0.8.8_git20140327/src/libply-splash-core/ply-device-manager.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void ply_device_manager_watch_seats (ply
                                      ply_seat_removed_handler_t seat_removed_handler,
                                      void *data);
 bool ply_device_manager_has_open_seats (ply_device_manager_t *manager);
+bool ply_device_manager_has_serial_consoles (ply_device_manager_t *manager);
 ply_list_t *ply_device_manager_get_seats (ply_device_manager_t *manager);
 void ply_device_manager_free (ply_device_manager_t *manager);
 void ply_device_manager_activate_keyboards (ply_device_manager_t *manager);