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   I updated my kernel to 4.15.2 on a machine which   
   had been running 4.8.10. After switchin the kernel   
   I updated my 14.2 Slackware system with slackpkg, and   
   after completion I (mistakenly) said to overwrite   
   my .conf files. Now I have lost sound on mpv   
   and I have been trying to restore audio.   
      
   Sound on mplayer still works.   
      
   I found that alsamixer now cannot be started without   
   pulseaudio, which is not enabled in my system. I   
   started rc.pulseaudio, started alsamixer and enabled   
   the (Nvidia) hdmi audio card. That did not give   
   me audio.   
      
   I edited /usr/local/share/doc/mpv/mpv.conf to   
   change:   
   audio-device=alsa/default   
   to:   
   audio-device=alsa:device=plughw=1.3   
      
   The default had worked before, it no longer   
   works. The alsa:device is what works with   
   mplayer.   
      
   I'm now at a loss. I would appreciate any   
   suggestions.   
      
   Thanks.   
      
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