Index: src/utils/uuid.py
===================================================================
--- src/utils/uuid.py	(revision 8104)
+++ src/utils/uuid.py	(working copy)
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 
     if sys.platform == 'linux2':
       sfhd  = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
-      ifreq = (interface + '\0' * 32) [:32]
+      ifreq = interface + '\0' * (32 - len(interface))
 
       try:
         data   = fcntl.ioctl (sfhd.fileno (), self.SIOCGIFHWADDR, ifreq)
@@ -228,23 +228,17 @@
     result = []
 
     if sys.platform == 'linux2':
-      sfhd   = socket.socket (socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+      f = open("/proc/net/dev")
+      iflist = f.readlines()
+      f.close()
+      for line in iflist:
+        if ':' not in line:
+          continue
+        words=string.split(line,':')
+        ifname, rest = words[0],words[1:]
+        ifname = string.strip(ifname)
+        result.append (ifname)
 
-      try:
-        buffer = array.array ('c', '\0' * 1024)
-        (addr, length) = buffer.buffer_info ()
-        ifconf = struct.pack ("iP", length, addr)
-        data   = fcntl.ioctl (sfhd.fileno (), self.SIOCGIFCONF, ifconf)
-
-        size, ptr = struct.unpack ("iP", data)
-        for idx in range (0, size, 32):
-          ifconf = buffer.tostring () [idx:idx+32]
-          name = struct.unpack ("16s16s", ifconf) [0].split ('\0', 1) [0]
-          result.append (name)
-
-      finally:
-        sfhd.close ()
-
     elif sys.platform == 'win32' and _HAS_GETOBJECT:
       result = [i for i in GetObject ('winmgmts:').ExecQuery ("SELECT * FROM "
                      "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration WHERE IPEnabled=True")]