It was indeed autodetect. Changing it to ALSA made no difference, unfortunately. However, if I click the "test" button in that dialog, I can hear the beep.
Next move? :-) -- Totem won't play sound files https://launchpad.net/bugs/45592 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
