Upon further investigation, this is an issue that the package "xserver-xorg-video-vmware" causes to start happening, as on a perfectly fine working Kubuntu 22.04 installing that package only, and restarting, causes the issue to be immediately reproducible, versus non-reproducible without that package being installed.
Upon further investigation, this is an issue that the package "xserver- xorg-video- vmware" causes to start happening, as on a perfectly fine working Kubuntu 22.04 installing that package only, and restarting, causes the issue to be immediately reproducible, versus non-reproducible without that package being installed.