ugly hack ;)
--- sysvinit-2.86/src/killall5.c.orig	2007-02-04 19:05:45.000000000 +0100
+++ sysvinit-2.86/src/killall5.c	2007-02-04 19:11:36.000000000 +0100
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@
 	sid = (int)getsid(0);
 	pid = (int)getpid();
 	for (p = plist; p; p = p->next)
-		if (p->pid != pid && p->sid != sid && !p->kernel)
+		if (p->pid != pid && p->sid != sid && !p->kernel && strcmp(p->statname, "splashy"))
 			kill(p->pid, sig);
 
 	/* And let them continue. */