diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 40612ab..09c8d94 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ alsa-utils-1.0.23.tar.bz2
 /alsa-utils-1.0.24.1.tar.bz2
 /alsa-utils-1.0.25.tar.bz2
 /alsa-utils-1.0.26.tar.bz2
+/alsa-utils-1.0.27.tar.bz2
diff --git a/alsa-info.sh b/alsa-info.sh
index fd7df96..721ab41 100644
--- a/alsa-info.sh
+++ b/alsa-info.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION=0.4.60
+SCRIPT_VERSION=0.4.61
 CHANGELOG="http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-info.sh.changelog"
 
 #################################################################################
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ cleanup() {
 
 withaplay() {
         echo "!!Aplay/Arecord output" >> $FILE
-        echo "!!------------" >> $FILE
+        echo "!!--------------------" >> $FILE
         echo "" >> $FILE
        	echo "APLAY" >> $FILE
 	echo "" >> $FILE 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ withamixer() {
 
 withalsactl() {
 	echo "!!Alsactl output" >> $FILE
-        echo "!!-------------" >> $FILE
+        echo "!!--------------" >> $FILE
         echo "" >> $FILE
         exe=""
         if [ -x /usr/sbin/alsactl ]; then
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ withsysfs() {
 
 withdmesg() {
 	echo "!!ALSA/HDA dmesg" >> $FILE
-	echo "!!------------------" >> $FILE
+	echo "!!--------------" >> $FILE
 	echo "" >> $FILE
 	dmesg | grep -C1 -E 'ALSA|HDA|HDMI|sound|hda.codec|hda.intel' >> $FILE
 	echo "" >> $FILE
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ ESDINST=$(which esd 2>/dev/null| sed 's|^[^/]*||' 2>/dev/null)
 PAINST=$(which pulseaudio 2>/dev/null| sed 's|^[^/]*||' 2>/dev/null)
 ARTSINST=$(which artsd 2>/dev/null| sed 's|^[^/]*||' 2>/dev/null)
 JACKINST=$(which jackd 2>/dev/null| sed 's|^[^/]*||' 2>/dev/null)
+ROARINST=$(which roard 2>/dev/null| sed 's|^[^/]*||' 2>/dev/null)
 DMIDECODE=$(which dmidecode 2>/dev/null| sed 's|^[^/]*||' 2>/dev/null)
 
 #Check for DMI data
@@ -424,10 +425,12 @@ if [ -d /sys/class/dmi/id ]; then
     DMI_SYSTEM_MANUFACTURER=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/sys_vendor 2>/dev/null)
     DMI_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_name 2>/dev/null)
     DMI_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_VERSION=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/product_version 2>/dev/null)
+    DMI_SYSTEM_FIRMWARE_VERSION=$(cat /sys/class/dmi/id/bios_version 2>/dev/null)
 elif [ -x $DMIDECODE ]; then
     DMI_SYSTEM_MANUFACTURER=$($DMIDECODE -s system-manufacturer 2>/dev/null)
     DMI_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME=$($DMIDECODE -s system-product-name 2>/dev/null)
     DMI_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_VERSION=$($DMIDECODE -s system-version 2>/dev/null)
+    DMI_SYSTEM_FIRMWARE_VERSION=$($DMIDECODE -s bios-version 2>/dev/null)
 fi
 
 cat /proc/asound/modules 2>/dev/null|awk {'print $2'}>$TEMPDIR/alsamodules.tmp
@@ -469,6 +472,7 @@ echo "" >> $FILE
 echo "Manufacturer:      $DMI_SYSTEM_MANUFACTURER" >> $FILE
 echo "Product Name:      $DMI_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_NAME" >> $FILE
 echo "Product Version:   $DMI_SYSTEM_PRODUCT_VERSION" >> $FILE
+echo "Firmware Version:  $DMI_SYSTEM_FIRMWARE_VERSION" >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 echo "!!Kernel Information" >> $FILE
@@ -526,7 +530,14 @@ echo "      Installed - Yes ($JACKINST)" >> $FILE
 echo "      Running - $JACKRUNNING" >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 fi
-if [[ -z "$PAINST" && -z "$ESDINST" && -z "$ARTSINST" && -z "$JACKINST" ]];then
+if [[ -n $ROARINST ]];then
+[[ `pgrep '^(.*/)?roard$'` ]] && ROARRUNNING="Yes" || ROARRUNNING="No"
+echo "RoarAudio:" >> $FILE
+echo "      Installed - Yes ($ROARINST)" >> $FILE
+echo "      Running - $ROARRUNNING" >> $FILE
+echo "" >> $FILE
+fi
+if [[ -z "$PAINST" && -z "$ESDINST" && -z "$ARTSINST" && -z "$JACKINST" && -z "$ROARINST" ]];then
 echo "No sound servers found." >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 fi
@@ -544,7 +555,7 @@ cat $TEMPDIR/lspci.tmp >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 echo "!!Advanced information - PCI Vendor/Device/Subsystem ID's" >> $FILE
-echo "!!--------------------------------------------------------" >> $FILE
+echo "!!-------------------------------------------------------" >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 lspci -vvn |grep -A1 040[1-3] >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
@@ -563,7 +574,7 @@ fi
 if [ -d "$SYSFS" ]
 then
 echo "!!Loaded sound module options" >> $FILE
-echo "!!--------------------------" >> $FILE
+echo "!!---------------------------" >> $FILE
 echo "" >> $FILE
 for mod in `cat /proc/asound/modules|awk {'print $2'}`;do
 echo "!!Module: $mod" >> $FILE
@@ -591,7 +602,7 @@ fi
 if [ -s "$TEMPDIR/alsa-ac97.tmp" ]
 then
         echo "!!AC97 Codec information" >> $FILE
-        echo "!!---------------------------" >> $FILE
+        echo "!!----------------------" >> $FILE
         echo "--startcollapse--" >> $FILE
         echo "" >> $FILE
         cat $TEMPDIR/alsa-ac97.tmp >> $FILE
@@ -605,7 +616,7 @@ fi
 if [ -s "$TEMPDIR/alsa-usbmixer.tmp" ]
 then
         echo "!!USB Mixer information" >> $FILE
-        echo "!!---------------------------" >> $FILE
+        echo "!!---------------------" >> $FILE
         echo "--startcollapse--" >> $FILE
         echo "" >> $FILE
         cat $TEMPDIR/alsa-usbmixer.tmp >> $FILE
diff --git a/alsa-restore.service b/alsa-restore.service
index 04581b0..4e9466b 100644
--- a/alsa-restore.service
+++ b/alsa-restore.service
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Note that two different ALSA card state management schemes exist and they
+# can be switched using a file exist check - /etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf .
+#
+
 [Unit]
 Description=Restore Sound Card State
+ConditionPathExists=!/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf
 DefaultDependencies=no
-After=sysinit.target
+After=alsa-state.service
 Before=shutdown.target
 Conflicts=shutdown.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=-/sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf --initfile=/lib/alsa/init/00main restore
+StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/alsa-state.service b/alsa-state.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..119e400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/alsa-state.service
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# Note that two different ALSA card state management schemes exist and they
+# can be switched using a file exist check - /etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf .
+#
+
+[Unit]
+Description=Manage Sound Card State (restore and store)
+ConditionPathExists=/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf
+DefaultDependencies=no
+After=sysinit.target
+Before=shutdown.target
+Conflicts=shutdown.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=simple
+ExecStart=-/usr/sbin/alsactl -s -n 19 -c -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf --initfile=/lib/alsa/init/00main rdaemon
+ExecStop=-/usr/sbin/alsactl -s rkill save_and_quit
diff --git a/alsa-store.service b/alsa-store.service
index c97a9dc..87a6cb1 100644
--- a/alsa-store.service
+++ b/alsa-store.service
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
+#
+# Note that two different ALSA card state management schemes exist and they
+# can be switched using a file exist check - /etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf .
+#
+
 [Unit]
 Description=Store Sound Card State
+ConditionPathExists=!/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Before=shutdown.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 ExecStart=/sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf store
+StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/alsa-utils.spec b/alsa-utils.spec
index e0fd5f7..ad710a9 100644
--- a/alsa-utils.spec
+++ b/alsa-utils.spec
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-%define   baseversion	1.0.26
+%define   baseversion	1.0.27
 #define   fixversion	.1
 
 Summary: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utilities
 Name:    alsa-utils
 Version: %{baseversion}%{?fixversion}
-Release: 2%{?dist}
+Release: 1%{?dist}
 License: GPLv2+
 Group:   Applications/Multimedia
 URL:     http://www.alsa-project.org/
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Source10: alsa.rules
 Source11: alsactl.conf
 Source20: alsa-restore.service
 Source21: alsa-store.service
+Source22: alsa-state.service
 BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires: alsa-lib-devel >= %{baseversion}
 BuildRequires: libsamplerate-devel
@@ -24,7 +25,9 @@ BuildRequires: gettext-devel
 BuildRequires: xmlto
 BuildRequires: systemd-units >= 39-2
 Conflicts: udev <= 179-2
-Requires: alsa-lib >= %{baseversion}, systemd-units >= 39-2, dialog
+# use latest alsa-lib - the executables in this package requires latest API
+# alsa-info.sh script requires the dialog package
+Requires: alsa-lib%{?_isa} >= %{baseversion}, systemd-units >= 39-2, dialog
 Conflicts: filesystem < 3
 
 %description
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE10} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_prefix}/lib/udev/rules.d/90-als
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE20} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/alsa-restore.service
 install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE21} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/alsa-store.service
+install -p -m 644 %{SOURCE22} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_unitdir}/alsa-state.service
 
 # Install support utilities
 mkdir -p -m755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_bindir}
@@ -95,6 +99,13 @@ ln -s alsa-info %{buildroot}/usr/bin/alsa-info.sh
 %dir %{_prefix}/lib/alsa/init/
 %dir /var/lib/alsa/
 
+%pre
+if [ ! -r /lib/systemd/system/alsa-state.service ]; then
+  [ -d /etc/alsa ] || mkdir -m 0755 /etc/alsa
+  echo "# Remove this file to disable the alsactl daemon mode" > \
+						/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf
+fi
+
 %post
 if [ -s /etc/alsa/asound.state -a ! -s /etc/asound.state ] ; then
   mv /etc/alsa/asound.state /etc/asound.state
@@ -104,6 +115,10 @@ if [ -s /etc/asound.state -a ! -s /var/lib/alsa/asound.state ] ; then
 fi
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Apr 12 2013 Jaroslav Kysela <jkysela@redhat.com> - 1.0.27-1
+- Updated to 1.0.27, activated the alsactl daemon mode
+- Updated alsa-info.sh to 0.4.61
+
 * Wed Feb 13 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 1.0.26-2
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_19_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/alsa.rules b/alsa.rules
index 87a5279..d2ad0b9 100644
--- a/alsa.rules
+++ b/alsa.rules
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", \
-  RUN+="/sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf --initfile=/lib/alsa/init/00main restore /dev/$name"
-ACTION=="remove", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", \
-  RUN+="/sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf store /dev/$name"
+ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="sound", KERNEL=="controlC*", KERNELS!="card*", GOTO="alsa_restore_go"
+
+LABEL="alsa_restore_go"
+TEST!="/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf", RUN+="/sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf --initfile=/lib/alsa/init/00main restore /dev/$name"
+TEST=="/etc/alsa/state-daemon.conf", RUN+="/sbin/alsactl -E ALSA_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/alsa/alsactl.conf --initfile=/lib/alsa/init/00main nrestore /dev/$name"
+
+LABEL="alsa_restore_end"
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 87b211e..c297b94 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-4dcf1017fafc91603af96705c073eca9  alsa-utils-1.0.26.tar.bz2
+cbfb21a24f63fb052b3392195639ce48  alsa-utils-1.0.27.tar.bz2