I I am unable to confirm your error. Using Kali I re-installed VMware Tools. The Tools CDrom om was mount on /media/cdrom (didn't need to manually it). VMware tools installed perfectly (many time I need to answer "no" when the installer fails to find the kernel headers - the installation continues without incident
Again
./dev/sro mounted to install and ejected after installation complete.
Cut and Paste t between Kali guest and Ubuntu host works.
Some Guest output into host file
Then pasted below
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sudo /usr/bin/vmware-toolbox-cmd timesync enable
Enabled
unname -r
3.12-kali1-amd64
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Host to guest
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test
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<bidirectional cut and paste and timesynce as well.