I have stopped in to report the same issue.

I've even went so far as to reinstall another instance kbuntu 22.04.02 in vmware player 17.0.2 build-21581411 running on windows 11.

Both have very similar issues. A black screen once logged in.

The fresh install.  At least I can get a terminal open with some stability. However, as soon as I try to run an application like fire fox or even display settings.  The vm goes black most of the time.  I can interact with it taking hold of the mouse only. Other wise it responses to no commands.  A fresh install even.

The older installed system would boot to the log in screen.  But would black screen as soon as it was logged it.  There is a glimmer of code some times as in a crash it might suggest. I how ever lack the skills and time to decipher it a the moment.

Perhaps I could post some log files. For the greater good. perhaps if some one had an suggestions of what info to grab to try gleaning some information on this peculiarity. Seems a trouble some issue. Any one else have this issue ? 

I also reinstalled my nvidia graphics drive and vmware player itself. 

I as well receive the same error in the terminal.