I confirm that it still doesn't work for me either. I did try manually creating /run/alsa/ but that did not work either. The directory seems to vanish on reboot... perhaps because /run is created at boot. That would indicate that alsa-utils needs to create this directory at each boot.
** Changed in: alsa-utils (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Released => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Bugs, which is subscribed to alsa-utils in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu Studio Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567993 Title: alsa-utils does not store and restore alsa settings on boot reboot Status in alsa-utils package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in systemd package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: The standard run level seems to have changed from run level 2 to run level 5 in 16.04. /etc/init.d/alsa-utils does not have a symlink in rc5.d and so does not run and store and restore alsa settings on shutdown/boot. Most internal audio interfaces are set to some reasonable level by pulse on login. However, some (semi)pro audio interfaces like the ice1712 based interfaces are not controlled by pulseaudio but just fed audio in. This means that the user has to reset the alsa level at every boot. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: alsa-utils 1.1.0-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-17.33-lowlatency 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-17-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri Apr 8 07:56:32 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-03-24 (14 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Beta amd64 (20160323) SourcePackage: alsa-utils UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-utils/+bug/1567993/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs Post to : ubuntustudio-bugs@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-bugs More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp