diff -Naur MPlayer-0.90rc3/libvo/vo_fbdev.c  MPlayer-0.90rc3-fixfbdev/libvo/vo_fbdev.c
--- MPlayer-0.90rc3/libvo/vo_fbdev.c	2003-01-12 17:59:47.000000000 +0000
+++ MPlayer-0.90rc3-fixfbdev/libvo/vo_fbdev.c	2003-01-28 19:44:31.000000000 +0000
@@ -916,6 +916,19 @@
 	fb_vinfo.xres_virtual = fb_vinfo.xres;
 	fb_vinfo.yres_virtual = fb_vinfo.yres;
 
+	/* For some strange reason it is needed to reopen both tty and fbdev
+	   or mplayer will crash when playing a playlist */
+        if ((fb_tty_fd = open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR)) < 0) {
+	  printf(FBDEV "Can't open %s: %s\n", "/dev/tty", strerror(errno));
+	  return 1;
+        }
+	if (!fb_dev_name && !(fb_dev_name = getenv("FRAMEBUFFER")))
+	  fb_dev_name = "/dev/fb0";
+	if ((fb_dev_fd = open(fb_dev_name, O_RDWR)) == -1) {
+	  printf(FBDEV "Can't open %s: %s\n", fb_dev_name, strerror(errno));
+	  return 1;
+        }
+
         if (fb_tty_fd >= 0 && ioctl(fb_tty_fd, KDSETMODE, KD_GRAPHICS) < 0) {
                 if (verbose > 0)
                         printf(FBDEV "Can't set graphics mode: %s\n", strerror(errno));