From: mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere   
      
   Javier  writes:   
      
   >> Finally dumped my big 19" 4:3 CRT monitors.   
   >   
   > You have done the right thing.  CRTs glow too much, and that's not   
   > good for your eyes.  Modern flatscreens emit much less glow.   
      
   Not sure about that.  I find them a bit too bright.   
      
   >> But the console is still a problem.  Two lines of text at the top of   
   >> the screen are random bits and text on those lines is invisible   
   >> although the software -- emacs, less etc. -- thinks it's using them.   
   >> Is there away to convince the system to render the two lines of text   
   >> that are "there" but not rendered?   
   >   
   > As a workaround this will disable the top two lines.  Everything will   
   > be run inside screen, but there shouldn't be many issues.   
      
   Thanks for the suggestion but I'll get a different (not 5:4) monitor   
   or a different video card before I add a whole new layer of interfacew   
   between me and the text.  I just started up screen as you suggested   
   and it still leaves me with hidden lines on a console.   
      
   > cat > ~/.screenrc_notop <<"EOF"   
   > echo '   
   > escape ^vv    # ESC key for screen becomes C-v   
   > startup_message off   
   > split   
   > focus top   
   > resize 2   
   > focus bottom   
   > bash   
   > ' > ~/.screenrc_notop   
   > screen -c ~/.screenrc_notop   
   >   
      
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   Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada   
      
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