diff --git a/plugins/lxc/README b/plugins/lxc/README
index a437d22f..941ff402 100644
--- a/plugins/lxc/README
+++ b/plugins/lxc/README
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ Tested on Debian buster and Debian jessie.
 See the individual files for copyright and installation/configuration
 information.
 
-This is version 1.0 by schaefer@alphanet.ch
+This is version 1.1 by schaefer@alphanet.ch
diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc-lib b/plugins/lxc/lxc-lib
index 577cc70d..a88e9528 100644
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc-lib
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc-lib
@@ -40,28 +40,40 @@ function active_guests {
 }
 
 function lxc_cgroup {
-   # lxc3
+   # lxc3 (lxc < 3: may output some warnings if there is cruft in your config dir)
    lxc-cgroup -o /dev/stdout -l INFO $* | sed 's/^.*lxc_cgroup.c:main:[0-9][0-9]* - //'
-
-   # lxc < 3
-#   lxc-cgroup $*
 }
 
 function lxc_clean_fieldname {
-   # workaround for bug leaving out the first number
-   echo $(clean_fieldname ${1::1}$1)
+   # clean_fieldname should be used on the whole identifier, not just the
+   # lxc instance ID, because if it is only numeric, the first digit will
+   # be replaced with a "_"; this is a work-around
+   case "${1::1}" in
+      [0-9]) echo $(clean_fieldname ${1::1}$1);; # 104 -> __104
+      *) echo $(clean_fieldname $1);;
+   esac
 }
 
 function lxc_netdev {
    local g=$1 dev
 
    if [ -f $lxcpath/$g/config ]; then
-      # lxc3
-      egrep '^lxc.net.0.veth.pair' $lxcpath/$g/config | awk '{print $NF;}'
-
-      # lxc < 3
-#      egrep '^lxc.network.veth.pair' $lxcpath/$g/config | awk '{print $NF;}'
+      # lxc 3 vs < 3
+      egrep '^lxc.net.0.veth.pair' $lxcpath/$g/config 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $NF;}' \
+         || egrep '^lxc.network.veth.pair' $lxcpath/$g/config | awk '{print $NF;}'
    else
       echo unknown
    fi
 }
+
+# BUGS
+#    - I don't think this is enough or even appropriate
+function lxc_autoconf {
+   if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then
+      echo yes
+      exit 0
+   else
+      echo "no (no /proc/stat)"
+      exit 0
+   fi
+}
diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu b/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu
index 2f76ff85..f501cad2 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ or GPLv3 license, at your option
 active_guests=$(active_guests)
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-   if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then
-      echo yes
-      exit 0
-   else
-      echo "no (no /proc/stat)"
-      exit 0
-   fi
+   lxc_autoconf
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu_time b/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu_time
index 8730a5a9..c483a916 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu_time
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc_cpu_time
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ or GPLv3 license, at your option
 active_guests=$(active_guests)
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-   if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then
-      echo yes
-      exit 0
-   else
-      echo "no (no /proc/stat)"
-      exit 0
-   fi
+   lxc_autoconf
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc_logins b/plugins/lxc/lxc_logins
index d1fc3257..014aec33 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc_logins
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc_logins
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ GPLv3
 active_guests=$(active_guests)
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-   if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then
-      echo yes
-      exit 0
-   else
-      echo "no (no /proc/stat)"
-      exit 0
-   fi
+   lxc_autoconf
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc_proc b/plugins/lxc/lxc_proc
index e91274c9..f5c83704 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc_proc
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc_proc
@@ -77,13 +77,7 @@ count_processes () {
 }
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-   if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then
-      echo yes
-      exit 0
-   else
-      echo "no (no /proc/stat)"
-      exit 0
-   fi
+   lxc_autoconf
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc_ram b/plugins/lxc/lxc_ram
index 68e80038..bf6a4134 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc_ram
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc_ram
@@ -41,13 +41,7 @@ or GPLv3 license, at your option
 active_guests=$(active_guests)
 
 if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
-   if [ -r /proc/stat ]; then
-      echo yes
-      exit 0
-   else
-      echo "no (no /proc/stat)"
-      exit 0
-   fi
+   lxc_autoconf
 fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then