Why doesn't bridged networking work on VMware Server 2.0 w/ Ubuntu 9.04?

Answering my own question, as the information is located in two places and not easily searchable, hopefully this helps someone else.

The problem is that the VSOCK module isn't getting compiled, despite gcc, binutils and the kernel source packages all being present.

ii  binutils                                  2.19.1-0ubuntu3                    The GNU assembler, linker and binary utiliti
ii  gcc                                       4:4.3.3-1ubuntu1                   The GNU C compiler
ii  linux-headers-2.6.28-11                   2.6.28-11.42                       Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii  linux-headers-2.6.28-11-server            2.6.28-11.42                       Linux kernel headers for version 2.6.28 on x
ii  linux-image-2.6.28-11-server              2.6.28-11.42                       Linux kernel image for version 2.6.28 on x86
ii  linux-source-2.6.28                       2.6.28-11.42                       Linux kernel source for version 2.6.28 with 

There is actually a bug filed on Launchpad about this issue, and a user submitted a patch to a similar query on Ubuntu Forums. Patching the vmware-config.pl as described worked for me. Here's the patch:

--- /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl.orig  2008-11-28 12:06:35.641054086 +0100
+++ /usr/bin/vmware-config.pl   2008-11-28 12:30:38.593304082 +0100
@@ -4121,6 +4121,11 @@
     return 'no';
   }

+  if ($name eq 'vsock') {
+    print wrap("VMWare config patch VSOCK!\n");
+    system(shell_string($gHelper{'mv'}) . ' -vi ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/../Module.symvers') . ' ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/vsock-only/' ));
+  }
+
   print wrap('Building the ' . $name . ' module.' . "\n\n", 0);
   if (system(shell_string($gHelper{'make'}) . ' -C '
              . shell_string($build_dir . '/' . $name . '-only')
@@ -4143,6 +4148,10 @@
     if (try_module($name, $build_dir . '/' . $name . '.o', 0, 1)) {
       print wrap('The ' . $name . ' module loads perfectly into the running kernel.'
                  . "\n\n", 0);
+      if ($name eq 'vmci') {
+   print wrap("VMWare config patch VMCI!\n");
+   system(shell_string($gHelper{'cp'}) . ' -vi ' . shell_string($build_dir.'/vmci-only/Module.symvers') . ' ' . shell_string($build_dir . '/../'));
+      } 
       remove_tmp_dir($build_dir);
       return 'yes';
     }

Did you actually get the bridged networking working? I just installed 2.0.1 on jaunty (2.6.28-11) and it doesn't appear to be working.

Help!

I guess my question was more regarding 2.0.1, I tried the patch but it bridged networking still doesnt appear to be working. What would be a good test? I just create a VM with a ubuntu server 9.04 iso and see if it can pull an ip from DHCP... when it cant I think that bridged networking is not working.

Should I download server 2.0.0 and try this?