--- D:\AppServ\www\d6\sites\all\modules\i18n\i18n.module.ori	Thu Sep 11 17:03:09 2008
+++ D:\AppServ\www\d6\sites\all\modules\i18n\i18n.module	Thu Sep 11 16:59:47 2008
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
   if(!_i18n_is_bootstrap()){
     //include drupal_get_path('module', 'i18n').'/i18n.inc';
     i18n_variable_init();
+    // This is first called during DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_PATH, but because we added
+    // $conf['site_frontpage'] = ''; to sites/default/settings.php,
+    // The original call does nothing.
+    // Now, we have ensured that i18n's mulitingual variables is enabled (via i18n_variable_init())
+    // so calling this again will use the multingual setting for site_frontpage
+    drupal_init_path();
   }
 }