This issue does not occur running screened multitail in urxvt and xfce Terminal or if running multiuser screen with one of those terminals e.g. 'screen -rx mtail-in-split-screen' multi session between gnome-terminal and urxvt. --[ To Reproduce ]-- Start screen in gnome-terminal, split and run multitail in a screen window, resize multitail's window smaller than necessary to draw help|edit|whatever window. Type <e> or <F1> to invoke multitail ui, quit ui, invoke again. --[ Example Output ]-- --*- multitail 5.2.0 (C) 2003-2007 by folkert@vanheusden.com -*-- A problem occured at line 511 in function mynewwin (from file term.c): Failed to create window with dimensions 54x17 at offset 13,-1 (terminal size: 80,14) --*- multitail 5.2.0 (C) 2003-2007 by folkert@vanheusden.com -*-- A problem occured at line 511 in function mynewwin (from file term.c): Failed to create window with dimensions 54x17 at offset 44,-4 (terminal size: 143,9)