ok, since switching to ubuntu on my laptop, i hadn’t been able to get my built in Ricoh webcam to work.
now 2 days ago, i upgraded to Ubuntu Jaunty and wanted to address this issue again. no luck at first site, but not wanting to give up, i started looking around and found the driver that did the trick!
ahixon / r5u87x / overview — bitbucket.org.
people who are using intrepid, should be able to find the answers here:
http://www.arakhne.org/ricoh/
well, it did the trick… meaning, the webcam is found now and i can play with it in “Cheese”… however, when trying to use it in aMsn or Skype, the image it renders is only a small portion of what it should show and it shows “double vision”. Since i suspect that it is not a 3D visualisation mode 
, i am guessing there is still something off.
Actually, this was to be expected, since the driver r5u87x is still in the process of being fine tuned and bugs are not abnormal in this stage.
I will keep you posted if i should get it working.
This article describes perfectly how to create a shared folder between a Virtualbox on an Ubuntu host with a Windows guest.
The article shows how to do it with Vista, but the same way of working is valid for an XP guest.
Just make sure to check the sharing options you have set on your Ubuntu machine for the folder you are trying to share! Make sure that sharing is turned on and that everyone has access to the folder.
How To Share Files In VirtualBox With Vista Guest And Ubuntu Host – Make Tech Easier.
I was looking for the way to get my headphones working on my Sony Vaio VGN-FZ29VN with Ubuntu 8.10 and this is what i found (ow yeah don’t forget about sudo when you try this!!):
The Problem : The headphone / earphone jack is being ignored by Ubuntu 8.04 ’Hardy Heron’ on the Sony Vaio VGN-FZ21S. Sound continues to play exclusively through the lap-top speakers whether or not headphones or earphones are plugged in.
The Solution :
Edit the file :
/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base
To include this line at the end :
options snd-hda-intel model=vaio
Save the file and reboot your machine.
via Michael Flanagan » Headphone fix for Ubuntu 8.04 on Sony Vaio.
UPDATE FOR UBUNTU 9.10 :
the file is called /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf on Ubuntu Jaunty
