Have you installed VMware Tools ?
You can copy and paste between the Host and the guest system when VMware Tools is installed
Click on "VM" -- > "Install VMware Tools"
Now the VMware Player will put in a Installation CD into Guest System CD drive.
VMware Tools installation file needs some applications to be installed on the gOS 3.1 Gadgeds guest system
before it will run correctly.
On the konsole (terminal with root access) do install :
apt-get install gcc
apt-get install rpm
apt-get install kernel-source
apt-get install make
apt-get install libtool
apt-get install automake
apt-get install m4
apt-get install autoconf
Now VMware Tools Intstallation should run without errors, it does on my system.
I made a Video on YouTube of the full installation process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnY3nmnwP7s 