Comment # 13 on bug 962246 from Tony Su

Came across this bug while investigating something similar.

Anyone experiencing any kind of graphical problem like this should first try
upgrading their VMware Tools to current, all virt technologies that release
"Guest Additions" (Virtualbox) or "VMware Tools" (VMware) or similar <must>
install the latest GuestOS enhancement package because they always include
graphical display enhancements. The Community version that is often
automatically installed by openSUSE <may> be enough but YMMV.

For VMware Users,
VMware Tools proprietary packages are no longer released (since approx a year
ago). The proper procedure is to clone the git repo in your GuestOS

git clone https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches.git

cd to the root of this download and run the master script that follows which
automatically detects your OS(it supports all major distros), updates your
openSUSE, checks for and installs any missing dependencies, and then downloads
and installs the latest VMware Tools release

./patched-open-vm-tools.sh

This supports all openSUSE except TW. If running TW, you need to install the
package containing legacy/obsolete network tools before running the above
script.

You can read the full README.md at the github project for other options
https://github.com/rasa/vmware-tools-patches