diff -Naur mplayer-a/libvo/vo_aa.c mplayer-b/libvo/vo_aa.c
--- mplayer-a/libvo/vo_aa.c	2010-11-14 15:46:13.000000000 +0200
+++ mplayer-b/libvo/vo_aa.c	2011-03-07 10:40:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 #include <limits.h>
@@ -666,7 +668,6 @@
     char * hidis = NULL;
     struct stat sbuf;
     int fd, vt, major, minor;
-    FILE * fp;
     char fname[12];
 
     if(arg)
@@ -686,15 +687,21 @@
 	major = sbuf.st_rdev >> 8;
 	vt = minor = sbuf.st_rdev & 0xff;
 	close (fd);
-	sprintf (fname, "/dev/vcsa%2.2i", vt);
-	fp = fopen (fname, "w+");
-	if (fp==NULL){
+	sprintf(fname, "/dev/vcsa%d", vt);
+	fd = open(fname, O_WRONLY);
+	if (fd == -1) {
+	    sprintf(fname, "/dev/vcsa%2.2i", vt);
+	    fd = open(fname, O_WRONLY);
+	}
+	if (fd == -1) {
 	    fprintf(stderr,"VO: [aa] cannot open %s for writing,"
 			"so we'll not use linux driver\n", fname);
     	    aa_recommendlowdisplay("linux");
     	    aa_recommendhidisplay("curses");
     	    aa_recommendhidisplay("X11");
-	}else fclose(fp);
+	} else {
+	    close(fd);
+	}
     } else aa_recommendhidisplay(hidis);
     c = aa_autoinit(&aa_defparams);