I've got a very minimalistic setup of ubuntu precise, created using debootstrap. So please don't assume that any packages are installed just because they usually are. On that system, I'd like to play some sounds from a java applet. However, this always fails with the following error message:

javax.sound.midi.MidiUnavailableException: Can not open line
    at com.sun.media.sound.SoftSynthesizer.open(SoftSynthesizer.java:1132)
    at com.sun.media.sound.SoftSynthesizer.open(SoftSynthesizer.java:1036)
    ...
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No line matching interface
        SourceDataLine supporting format PCM_SIGNED 44100.0 Hz,
        16 bit, stereo, 4 bytes/frame, little-endian is supported.
    at javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.getLine(AudioSystem.java:476)
    at javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem.getSourceDataLine(AudioSystem.java:604)
    at com.sun.media.sound.SoftSynthesizer.open(SoftSynthesizer.java:1066)
    ... 35 more

As the messages mention a soft synthesizer, and pcm lines, I expect that the lack of some midi daemon is not the issue here. As far as I can tell, the alsa kernel modules are loaded, including snd_hda_intel, snd_pcm, snd_seq_midi among others. I've also included the alsa-base and alsa-utils packages in my installation. alsa-mixer looks good, using “HDA Intel PCH” as its default device.

What other packages, configuration settings or daemon startups does java require to make its sound output work?