Ubuntu 22.04.4 Guest - Multi Monitor layout results in scroll bars

[Vinay Yadav]

Hello.

Host
- VMware Workstation 17 Player - 17.5.2 build-23775571
- OS: Windows 11 Pro (10.0, Build 22631)
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 - Studio Driver 560.81
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Guest
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04.4 (Fresh ubuntu-22.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso)
- Windowing System: X11 (same issue with Wayland as well)

On guest, out of the blue, the "Monitor Layout" for 2 or more monitors has started to result in scroll bars.

To rule out issues with my old VM, I launched a fresh VM.
- But it also has same issues whether Wayland or X11 is being used.
- I tried removing and reinstalling open-vm-tools-desktop and open-vm-tools - But no luck.

To add, I also have a Windows 10 VM.
- The "Monitor Layout" for 2 or more monitors is working as expected.

Attaching some screenshots.

If anyone has some pointers, please share as I ran out of options on my end.

Thanks.

Edit: Added VMware product being used.

[Vinay Yadav]

Update: For now, I have restored a 3 months old backup for my Ubuntu VM and disabled its unattended-upgrades background service.
Its "Monitor layout" is working fine.

On my end, it turned out to be some updated Ubuntu package(s) causing the issue.
Hopefully, it will get resolved with the next update to Workstation Player.

[Andrew Hamrick]

I'm seeing this as well, both on ubuntu 22.04 and on OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. Perhaps it's a bug in open-vm-tools?