gnome-volume-control cannot remember alsa-settings

Easy solution on gentoo:

rc-update add alsasound default

OR (on other distributions) 

add alsactl restore to /etc/conf.d/local.start

echo “alsactl restore” >> /etc/conf.d/local.start

add alsactl store to /etc/conf.d/local.stop

echo “alsactl store” >> /etc/conf.d/local.stop

add local (if it isn’t already) to default startscripts

rc-update add local default