How do I disable vmware's display driver inside a VM in order to use a usb gpu instead, like the gpu's below?
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/dual-head-DV100-BVU195-WPCTVPRO-USB-3.0,news-40603.html
http://www.amazon.com/Plugable-DC-125-Docking-Station-Multiseat/dp/B004PXPPNA
Is there a vmx option for this? The guest o/s is linux mint (ubuntu).
The purpose of this is to hide the VM display output from any hacker who manages to infect and own the host, but who cannot infect the VM. Keyboard input too is to be hidden likewise.
Host infection has become a possibility now for the reasons explained in the following post:
Hi UlyssesOfEpirus,
Just so you know: If the host is truly owned, there is nothing that will completely protect a running VM. You can raise the bar as high as you like and make it more difficult for a hacker, as you are attempting, but it won't be possible to achieve "perfect" security or really anything close to it.
If you're willing to assume/claim that only your host's user account will be compromised, and that there is no possible way for that to be escalated to owning a system account via an exploit on the host OS, your chances are better, but not by very much. I would suggest that, for any popular mainstream host OS, such an assumption is somewhat unsafe. You would need to take extreme steps to harden the host itself in order to mitigate this.
If you assume that your hacker can own a system account:
If you are seeking 100% trust that a compromised host won't manipulate or inspect a running VM, you will never achieve it, as far as I can tell.
To directly address your question: As far as I know, the VMware SVGA virtual device is always present. If you disable the VMware Xorg driver, it'll probably fall back to the VESA driver and still use the display. Does the guest's Preferences > Display (or similar) allow you to simply turn off displays you don't want to use?
Cheers,
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Darius
