Re: problem with fullheight for inital window

[Javier]

> I've been using this in my .emacs file for years to set up the
>  initial window size:
> 
>    (setq default-frame-alist '((width . 110) (height . fullheight) ))
> 
> I think it's due to a recent OS update (Ubuntu to 17.04 and XFCE4),
> but now the window is 1 line too tall and the bottom buffer is cut
> off. Suggestions on how to fix this would be appreciated.

Try replacing the emacs package with emacs24-lucid or emacs25-lucid.
That should honor your config.