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Thanks sjensen, that worked perfectly.

For those who are looking for the answer, this how I had it done:

$ export DISPLAY=:0.0
$ vlc -I dummy [the rest of the options]

Also, I configured the KDE/Gnome to auto login to non-root user so that I don't need to manually login first everyday.

Hi guys, I've been trying to do something with VLC and just couldn't make it work. My situation is like this; I have a Fedora 6 PC that starts up in the morning and shutdown unattended in the evening everyday (Used for displaying educational info during daytime). My question is how do I configure th...