diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk
index ab67114484..9c840851c8 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.archlinux.asterisk
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ case "$1" in
     if [ -x $DAEMON ]; then
       # Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
       # starting safe_asterisk when Asterisk is running is very bad.
-      VERSION=`${DAEMON} -rx 'core show version'`
+      VERSION=`${DAEMON} -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
       if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
          echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
          exit 1
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
index f99aade20a..211737fa9d 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.debian.asterisk
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ case "$1" in
   start)
 	# Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 	# starting up Asterisk when Asterisk is already running is very bad.
-	VERSION=`${DAEMON} -rx 'core show version' || ${TRUE}`
+	VERSION=`${DAEMON} -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null || ${TRUE}`
 	if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
 		echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 		exit 0
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk
index ef54a0efab..04d1c7aab2 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.gentoo.asterisk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ depend() {
 start() {
 	# Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 	# starting safe_asterisk when Asterisk is running is very bad.
-	VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -rx 'core show version'`
+	VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
 	if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
 		echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 		exit 1
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.mandriva.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.mandriva.asterisk
index 319ce3e4ed..e095ccf753 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.mandriva.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.mandriva.asterisk
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ case "$1" in
 	start)
 		# Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 		# starting Asterisk when Asterisk is already running is very bad.
-		VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -rx 'core show version'`
+		VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
 		if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
 			echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 			exit 1
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk
index 01ab86247d..45ea9bccf6 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.redhat.asterisk
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ RETVAL=0
 start() {
 	# Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 	# starting safe_asterisk when Asterisk is running is very bad.
-	VERSION=`${AST_SBIN}/asterisk -rx 'core show version'`
+	VERSION=`${AST_SBIN}/asterisk -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
 	if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
 		echo "Asterisk is already running."
 		exit 0
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.slackware.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.slackware.asterisk
index bbe04b7fae..79c2b927f6 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.slackware.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.slackware.asterisk
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ asterisk_start() {
    if [ -x /usr/sbin/asterisk ]; then
       # Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
       # starting safe_asterisk when Asterisk is running is very bad.
-      VERSION=`/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'core show version'`
+      VERSION=`/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
 	  if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
          echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
          exit 1
diff --git a/contrib/init.d/rc.suse.asterisk b/contrib/init.d/rc.suse.asterisk
index ee70eea7a8..16530968eb 100755
--- a/contrib/init.d/rc.suse.asterisk
+++ b/contrib/init.d/rc.suse.asterisk
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ start() {
 
 	# Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 	# starting Asterisk when Asterisk is already running is very bad.
-	VERSION=`/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'core show version'`
+	VERSION=`/usr/sbin/asterisk -rx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
 	if [ "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ]; then
 		echo "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 		exit 1
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
index c1f058aa02..2e661b4766 100644
--- a/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
+++ b/contrib/scripts/safe_asterisk
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ message() {
 
 # Check if Asterisk is already running.  If it is, then bug out, because
 # starting safe_asterisk when Asterisk is running is very bad.
-VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -nrx 'core show version'`
+VERSION=`${ASTSBINDIR}/asterisk -nrx 'core show version' 2>/dev/null`
 if test "`echo $VERSION | cut -c 1-8`" = "Asterisk" ; then
 	message "Asterisk is already running.  $0 will exit now."
 	exit 1
diff --git a/main/asterisk.c b/main/asterisk.c
index 380a3d248e..67d09ff66d 100644
--- a/main/asterisk.c
+++ b/main/asterisk.c
@@ -3560,7 +3560,7 @@ static void env_init(void)
 
 static void print_intro_message(const char *runuser, const char *rungroup)
 {
-	if (ast_opt_console || option_verbose) {
+	if (ast_opt_console || option_verbose || (ast_opt_remote && !ast_opt_exec)) {
 		if (ast_register_verbose(console_verboser)) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "Unable to register console verboser?\n");
 			return;