[NTLUG:Discuss] More VMware woes :vmnet-bridge error

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VMware complains of the bridged interface being down so I went pokin
round

>ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx  Bcast:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 
Mask:255.255.248.0
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:12765 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8767 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:3
          collisions:1 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xdc80
 
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1608 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1683 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
 
eth1:0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
          inet addr:192.168.1.20  Bcast:192.168.1.255 
Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
 
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3924  Metric:1
          RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
 
vmnet1    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:56:01:00:00
          inet addr:192.168.2.1  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:89 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 

so I try to get vmnet0 up....
by entering this
>vmnet-bridge  /dev/vmnet0 /dev/eth1:0

and I get this:

/dev/eth1:0: Resource deadlock avoided 

whats going on???