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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Thu, 12 May 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > > Add the "-vo null" or "-novideo" option if you don't want video.
> > Do you need to be in X to get the video automatically or does it
> > invoke svgalib or framebuffer otherwise?  (Or VESA if VESA 2.0
> > which we will have in the new computer).
>
> X is the default video output and is auto-detected. In console
> mode, the default is no video.

So if you ARE in X you should turn off the video with -novideo if you 
don't want to download the video component (which would slow things down 
if you want to hear the music)?

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