--- /dev/null
+Index: rtorrent-0.8.6_r1209/src/display/canvas.h
+===================================================================
+--- rtorrent-0.8.6_r1209.orig/src/display/canvas.h 2011-04-13 17:29:03.218889497 +0200
++++ rtorrent-0.8.6_r1209/src/display/canvas.h 2011-04-13 17:29:22.814923068 +0200
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+ public:
+ typedef std::vector<Attributes> attributes_list;
+
+- Canvas(int x = 0, int y = 0, int width = 0, int height = 0);
++ Canvas(int x = 0, int y = 0, int width = 1, int height = 1);
+ ~Canvas() { delwin(m_window); }
+
+ void refresh() { wnoutrefresh(m_window); }