gnome-desktop-base v2.32.1
(1) exit-gnome script should read "exec /usr/local/bin/exittc" instead of "exec /usr/bin/exittc"
(2) also alsactl store in exit-gnome and (b) alsactl restore in start-gnome saves/retrives the config file in the default usr/local/etc/asound.state
while in gnome-desktop-base-setup includes in /opt/.filetool.lst the following file "/etc/asound.state"
in order to be consistent either the setup should be changed or the start/exit scripts.