Updated mainprofile, removed autoindent in vim. Set up awesome.lua with xinitrc. See if it works

awesome/widgets/volume2.lua

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+local wibox = require("wibox")
+local awful = require("awful")
+
+volume_widget = wibox.widget.textbox()
+volume_widget:set_align("right")
+
+function raise_volume()
+	os.execute("amixer sset Master 1%+")
+end
+
+function lower_volume ()
+	os.execute("amixer sset Master 1%-")
+end
+
+function toggle_volume ()
+	os.execute("amixer sset Master toggle")
+end
+
+function update_volume(widget)
+   local fd = io.popen("amixer sget Master")
+   local status = fd:read("*all")
+   fd:close()
+
+   local volume = tonumber(string.match(status, "(%d?%d?%d)%%"))
+   -- volume = string.format("% 3d", volume)
+
+   status = string.match(status, "%[(o[^%]]*)%]")
+
+   -- starting colour
+   local sr, sg, sb = 0x3F, 0x3F, 0x3F
+   -- ending colour
+   local er, eg, eb = 0xDC, 0xDC, 0xCC
+
+   local ir = math.floor(volume/100 * (er - sr) + sr)
+   local ig = math.floor(volume/100 * (eg - sg) + sg)
+   local ib = math.floor(volume/100 * (eb - sb) + sb)
+   interpol_colour = string.format("%.2x%.2x%.2x", sr, ig, sb)
+   if string.find(status, "on", 1, true) then
+       volume = " <span color='blue' background='#" .. interpol_colour .. "'>   ".. math.floor(volume) .. "%  </span>"
+   else
+       volume = " <span color='red' background='#" .. interpol_colour .. "'> M(".. math.floor(volume) .."%) </span>"
+   end
+   widget:set_markup(volume)
+end
+
+
+-- start updating
+update_volume(volume_widget)
+mytimer = timer({ timeout = 1 })
+mytimer:connect_signal("timeout", function () update_volume(volume_widget) end)
+mytimer:start()