Release ghaf-24.09.4

This patch release is targeted at Secure Laptop (Lenovo X1 Carbon) test participants and brings in new features and bug fixes.

Lenovo X1 Carbon has been fully tested for this release, other platforms have been sanity-tested only.

Release Tag

https://github.com/tiiuae/ghaf/releases/tag/ghaf-24.09.4

Supported Hardware

The following target hardware is supported by this release:

• NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin
• NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX
• Generic x86 (PC)
• Polarfire Icicle Kit
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11
• Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10
• NXP i.MX 8M Plus

What is New in ghaf-24.09.4

Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10/11:

• Local and timezone settings are added to the Control Panel.
• The username is displayed on a lock screen.
• The Powerbar module is added to a lock screen.
• System idle behavior reworked.
• Allowed URLs for business-vm are now fetched from the separate configurable repository.

Bug Fixes

• Some cursor types are missing causing a cursor to disappear in some cases.
• Cannot open images and PDF files from the file manager.
• Suspend does not work from the taskbar power menu.

Known Issues and Limitations

Issue	Status	Comments
Application menu icons are missing in the first boot after the software installation	In Progress	Workaround: close and re-open the menu, icons will be available again.
The Control Panel is non-functional apart from the Display Settings, Local and Timezone settings	In Progress	The functionality will be gradually improved in coming releases.
Time synchronization between host and VMs does not work in all scenarios	In Progress	Under investigation.
VPN credentials are not saved	On Hold	It is not clear if this can be fixed.
The keyboard boots up with the English layout	In Progress	Workaround: use Alt+Shift to switch between English-Arabic-Finnish layout.

Environment Requirements

There are no specific requirements for the environment with this release.

Installation Instructions

Released images are available at archive.vedenemo.dev/ghaf-24.09.4.

Download the required image and use the following instructions: Build and Run.