---
name: "freevial"
section: "6"
platform: "linux"
package: "freevial"
version: "1.3-2.1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/freevial"
---

# freevial(6)

trivia platform for community events

## NAME

freevial - trivia platform for community events

## SYNOPSIS

**freevial** \[*OPTIONS*\] \[--database \<PATH\>\] \[--skin \<PATH\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

This page briefly documents the **freevial** command. Freevial is trivia-like game for community events (idealy to be played with a projector).

## USAGE

You may need to specify the path to the questions database you want to use with the --database argument. The database can be either folder or a compressed file.

Additionally, you can choose a different look using the --skin option to tell it where the appearance information it should use is located.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Run Freevial in debug mode (this doesn't change much at all).

- **-m**, **--mute**

  Disable music and sounds.

- **-f**, **--fullscreen**

  Start in fullscreen mode (it can be windowed ingame with F11).

- **-l**, **--locked**

  Start in locked mode (game can't be closed nor questions aborted; unlock by pressing the l-key in the team selection screen).

- **-h**, **--help**

  Prints the help and exists.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Prints information about the current version and release series, and exists.

- **--info-db**, **--info-database**

  Prints information about the loaded database and exists. This can be combined with the --database option.

- **--no-sound**

  Disables all sounds. You can use --mute to also disable the music.

- **--no-music**

  Disables the music. You can use --mute to also disable sounds.

- **--fps**

  Displays the framerate on screen.

- **--psyco**

  Tries to use the psyco module in order to accelerate Freevial. This is not recommended, as it will need more memory.

## REPORTING BUGS

If you find any bug please report it on: https://bugs.launchpad.net/freevial/.

## AUTHOR

Freevial was written by Carles Oriol \<carles@kumbaworld.com\> and Siegfried-Angel Gevatter Pujals (RainCT) \<siggi.gevatter@gmail.com\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007-2008 The Freevial Team

Freevial is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 3 of the License or any later version.

Freevial is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; see the GNU General Public License for more details.