diff --git a/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.rc b/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.rc
index 6f30843..fa70c2e 100644
--- a/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.rc
+++ b/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.rc
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@
     stop dund
     stop akmd
 
+# start essential services
+    start qemud
+    start goldfish-logcat
+    start goldfish-setup
+
     setprop ro.setupwizard.mode EMULATOR
 
 # enable Google-specific location features,
@@ -42,6 +47,8 @@
 # something else.
 
 service goldfish-setup /system/etc/init.goldfish.sh
+    user root
+    group root
     oneshot
 
 service qemud /system/bin/qemud
@@ -52,7 +59,7 @@
 # program to check wether it runs on the emulator
 # if it does, it redirects its output to the device
 # named by the androidboot.console kernel option
-# if not, is simply exit immediately
+# if not, is simply exits immediately
 
 service goldfish-logcat /system/bin/logcat -Q
     oneshot
diff --git a/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh b/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh
index cfa2c82..c18c032 100755
--- a/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh
+++ b/rootdir/etc/init.goldfish.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     ;;
 esac
 
-num_dns=`getprop ro.kernel.android.ndns`
+num_dns=`getprop ro.kernel.ndns`
 case "$num_dns" in
     2) setprop net.eth0.dns2 10.0.2.4
     ;;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 # this line doesn't really do anything useful. however without it the
 # previous setprop doesn't seem to apply for some really odd reason
-setprop ro.qemu.init.completed 1
+#setprop ro.qemu.init.completed 1
 
 # set up the second interface (for inter-emulator connections)
 # if required
diff --git a/rootdir/etc/ueventd.goldfish.rc b/rootdir/etc/ueventd.goldfish.rc
index e69de29..b5828e7 100644
--- a/rootdir/etc/ueventd.goldfish.rc
+++ b/rootdir/etc/ueventd.goldfish.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# These settings are specific to running under the Android emulator
+/dev/qemu_trace           0666   system     system
+/dev/ttyS*                0666   system     system
+/proc                     0666   system     system
diff --git a/rootdir/ueventd.rc b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
index a52bdda..c0540a7 100644
--- a/rootdir/ueventd.rc
+++ b/rootdir/ueventd.rc
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
 /dev/snd/dsp1             0660   system     audio
 /dev/snd/mixer            0660   system     audio
 /dev/smd0                 0640   radio      radio
-/dev/qemu_trace           0666   system     system
 /dev/qmi                  0640   radio      radio
 /dev/qmi0                 0640   radio      radio
 /dev/qmi1                 0640   radio      radio