Comment 35 for bug 592016

>> so the current "factory default" levels (e g, what you get if you boot a Live-CD)

The controls are muted by default by the driver to prevent accidental damage of the speaker ,

The volume of Live-CD is the result of "alsactl init"

If you use "alsactl store -f original.txt" before you logout/reboot

After you login/boot and the pulseaudio restore the volume

 "alsactl store -f current.txt"

and compare with the controls in current.txt and original.txt