I used stty -a and got 25 rows. Setting it to 23 rows prevents the last two rows to disappear. However, I still miss the first two rows. I suspect the screen real estate defines for the Belinea are not ok. Anyone know how to check and correct this? Guus. A.J. Bonnema, Leiden The Netherlands, user #328198 (Linux Counter http://counter.li.org) -- abonnema