diff -Nur aumix-2.7/src/common.c aumix-2.7-tl/src/common.c
--- aumix-2.7/src/common.c	Thu Jul 13 08:33:30 2000
+++ aumix-2.7-tl/src/common.c	Mon Aug 14 07:14:57 2000
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
    but we do it anyway because it makes sense for line1, line2 and line3.
  */
 	while (TRUE) {
-		optn = getopt(argc, argv, "hILqSd:f:C:v:b:t:s:w:P:p:l:m:c:x:W:R:r:i:o:1:2:3:");
+		optn = getopt(argc, argv, "hILqSd:f:C:v:b:t:s:w:P:p:l:m:c:x:W:R:r:i:o:1:2:3:T");
 		if (optn == -1)
 			break;
 /* Funny, strchr() returns a pointer to char, according to the man page,
@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@
 			ErrorExitWarn(SetShowNoninter(mopt - moptindx), 'e');
 		} else {
 			usage_ok = 0;
+
 			switch (optn) {
+			case 'T' :
+				interactive = IN_CURSES;
+				break;
 			case 'q':	/* query */
 				optarg = "q";
 				if (mixer_fd == -1)
@@ -653,7 +657,7 @@
 	static char     copyright[] =
 	"@(#) copyright (c) 1993, 1996-2000 the authors--see AUTHORS file\n";
 	fp = (status == EXIT_SUCCESS) ? stdout : stderr;
-	fprintf(fp, LOCAL_TEXT("aumix %s usage: aumix [-<channel option>[[+|-][<amount>]]|<level>|\nR[ecord]|P[lay]|q[uery]]"), VERSION);
+	fprintf(fp, LOCAL_TEXT("aumix %s usage: aumix [-T][-<channel option>[[+|-][<amount>]]|<level>|\nR[ecord]|P[lay]|q[uery]]"), VERSION);
 #if defined(HAVE_CURSES) || defined(HAVE_GTK)
 	fprintf(fp, LOCAL_TEXT(" [-dhILqS]"));
 #else
@@ -681,6 +685,7 @@
   C:  specify color scheme\n"));
 #endif				/* HAVE_CURSES */
 	fprintf(fp, LOCAL_TEXT("\
+  T:  force text\n\
   d:  adjust a device besides /dev/mixer\n\
   f:  specify file for saving and loading settings (defaults to\n\
       ~/.aumixrc or /etc/aumixrc)\n\