Hallo, The following patch should fix this:
(I had the exact same problems with the OpenVPN interface names in use here, for example vhamburg for a link to hamburg) diff -ur ethstatus-0.4.5/ethstatus.c ethstatus-0.4.5+sdinetH1/ethstatus.c --- ethstatus-0.4.5/ethstatus.c 2006-10-20 00:09:56.000000000 +0200 +++ ethstatus-0.4.5+sdinetH1/ethstatus.c 2016-03-21 20:16:05.983431525 +0100 @@ -636,7 +644,7 @@ break; case 'i': - if(strlen(optarg) > 5) + if(strlen(optarg) > IFNAMSIZ) { show_usage(argv[0]); exit(10); c'ya sven-haegar -- Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. - Ben F.