IChat doesn't ring

Hello,
I've got a Mac Pro hooked up to external speakers. All computer sounds work fine (including the audio for our chats), but it will not ring when I am invited to a chat. I have the audio/video set to "Line Out" as the rest of the computer settings are, and for the "Video Invitation" preferences, I have "Play Sound" checked, and "Repeat" checked. I have tried using the "Announce when event occurs" and that does get sound, but still no ringing.
Anyone have any clues?
Lawrence

This is interesting. I'm having the same issue and have had for months. None of the alert sounds play. I've trashed all the pref files, restarted the Mac dozens of times, rebuilt permissions, but no "Play sounds" in the Alert prefs play. Oddly, if I check the "Announce when event occurs" then the voice works fine. So the sound is working, just not the sounds.
I'm wondering... where are the sounds located on the Mac? Perhaps iChat can't find them. I don't remember ever deleting anything like that, but it would be good troubleshooting for Lawrence and me to verify that the sound files are, in fact, there and where they are supposed to be.

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