diff -up ./fifo.c.orig ./fifo.c
--- ./fifo.c.orig	2004-03-29 12:21:29.000000000 +0300
+++ ./fifo.c	2004-03-29 12:38:04.000000000 +0300
@@ -12,23 +12,21 @@ static void make_pipe(int* pr,int* pw){
   *pw=temp[1];
 }
 
-void mplayer_put_key(int code){
-           fd_set rfds;
-           struct timeval tv;
+static void set_nonblock_flag(int fd) {
+  int oldflags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL, 0);
+  if (oldflags == -1) {
+    printf("Cannot get file status flags for fd %d!\n", fd);
+  } else {
+    if (fcntl(keyb_fifo_put, F_SETFL, oldflags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1) {
+      printf("Cannot set nonblocking mode for fd %d!\n", fd);
+    }
+  }
+}
 
-           /* Watch stdin (fd 0) to see when it has input. */
-           FD_ZERO(&rfds);
-           FD_SET(keyb_fifo_put, &rfds);
-           tv.tv_sec = 0;
-           tv.tv_usec = 0;
-
-           //retval = select(keyb_fifo_put+1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
-           if(select(keyb_fifo_put+1, NULL, &rfds, NULL, &tv)>0){
-             write(keyb_fifo_put,&code,4);
-//             printf("*** key event %d sent ***\n",code);
-           } else {
-//             printf("*** key event dropped (FIFO is full) ***\n");
-           }
+void mplayer_put_key(int code){
+  if (write(keyb_fifo_put,&code,4) == -1) {
+    printf("*** key event dropped (FIFO is full) ***\n");
+  }
 }
 
 #else

diff -up ./mplayer.c.orig ./mplayer.c
--- ./mplayer.c.orig	2004-03-29 12:27:02.000000000 +0300
+++ ./mplayer.c	2004-03-29 12:29:43.000000000 +0300
@@ -1127,6 +1127,7 @@ current_module = "init_input";
 mp_input_init();
 #ifndef HAVE_NO_POSIX_SELECT
 make_pipe(&keyb_fifo_get,&keyb_fifo_put);
+set_nonblock_flag(keyb_fifo_put);
 
 if(keyb_fifo_get > 0)
   mp_input_add_key_fd(keyb_fifo_get,1,NULL,NULL);