How to create virtual screen
 

Is it possible to create virtual screen in omap X server or Xephyr X server, i.e. screen which is bigger than real display and which can be scrolled. I know that I can do it easily in desktop linux by putting

virtual 1024 768

or something like that to xorg.conf.

Re: How to create virtual screen
 

Most probably no. Xserver uses kernel framebuffer directly and that one is allocated at boot time and the size is 800x480. Maybe Xnest or Xephyr could do it on top of normal xserver?

Re: How to create virtual screen
 

can this be done with any of the full linux distros?

Re: How to create virtual screen
 

The way I'm using Qole's debian is running tightvncserver with resolution set to 1280x1024 because it's quite fast and efficient to use scrollbars in local vnc connection.

Re: How to create virtual screen
 

Not like that, since it's kdrive-based, not xorg, but a virtual window manager will get the effect you want. I like FVWM.

Or VNC to a local VNC server, as XTC suggests; this is simpler, especially on an N800 (the keyboard really helps run a custom WM), but it does have some performance penalty.

Re: How to create virtual screen
 

scrollbars would actually be pretty useless in my case, i would like to just have panning around with the mouse.

Re: How to create virtual screen
 

You do have a mouse hooked up, then? Regular X panning works by bumping past the edge of the screen, so you can't really do that with a touchscreen...

Still, since I don't think any of them are using Xorg, I don't think you can get it directly -- you'll need to use either keyboard or scrollbar(s). (BTW, 1024x768 works quite nicely on 480x800; one scrollbar only.)