Hi! I believe this is now fixed in Ubuntu 14.10, because the patches were included in upstream alsa-utils 1.0.28 which is in Utopic since end of July. Please confirm and reopen the bug if it is not. Thanks!
Reference: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=be4565c84163a158bec5380df6c0201f738c2013 ** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1289730 Title: systemd-udev fails to execute alsactl during start-up if /usr and/or /var are separate volumes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1289730/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
