bump some helpers.

[brianmcgillion]

Description of changes

a flake bump with some new package versions

Changes for givc

• fix application restart issue
• add additional optional arguments to givc-cli
• add locale and timezone setting across the system
• reduce log output
• improved internal testing
• various smaller improvements

Application Definition

Instead of a JSON string, application definition now works by defining a list of application such as:

applications = [
  {
    name = "<application name>";
    command = "<application command>";
    args = [ "url" "flag" ];
  }
];

The (optional) args parameter defines which argument types are allowed. Currently, there are two:

1. Boolean flags / switches, such as --incognito
2. URLs, such as https://cnn.com

The reason for this whitelisting is that these parameters are validated to avoid injection attacks.

Currently allowed by default:

1. Chromium in chromium-vm: URL and Flags
2. Chromium in business-vm: URL

Application arguments via givc-cli

CLI arguments can be passed via the givc-cli as follows:

/nix/store/dfy9zpmxw8cps31krcfl4zw8za8f6c9y-givc-0.0.1-cli/bin/givc-cli --name admin-vm-debug --addr 192.168.101.10 --port 9001 --notls  start chromium -- https://teams.microsoft.com --incognito

There is no limit on the amount of parameters.

(remember to use the lastest cli, for quick testing on running system use cat /run/current-system/sw/share/applications/Chromium.desktop, in guivm)

Checklist for things done

• Summary of the proposed changes in the PR description
• More detailed description in the commit message(s)
• Commits are squashed into relevant entities - avoid a lot of minimal dev time commits in the PR
• Contribution guidelines followed
• Ghaf documentation updated with the commit - https://tiiuae.github.io/ghaf/
• PR linked to architecture documentation and requirement(s) (ticket id)
• Test procedure described (or includes tests). Select one or more:
  • Tested on Lenovo X1 x86_64
  • Tested on Jetson Orin NX or AGX aarch64
  • Tested on Polarfire riscv64
• Author has run make-checks and it passes
• All automatic Github Action checks pass - see actions
• Author has added reviewers and removed PR draft status
• Change requires full re-installation
• [] Change can be updated with nixos-rebuild ... switch
  • Because of the rebase onto some changes in the previous commits it is best to flash a fresh image before testing

Instructions for Testing

• List all targets that this applies to: Lenovo X1
• Is this a new feature
  • List the test steps to verify:
  • Full regression test including application starting, reboot, power off
  • Test givc-cli args with parameters as described above (check which are allowed per application, other will fail)
  • Verify (manual) application restart after crash works
  • Verify log-out/login bug is resolved
• If it is an improvement how does it impact existing functionality?

[barnabakos]

17 commits up to: c4a6cbb
PR is on top of latest tip of Ghaf main: e037186

platform: Lenovo X1 Carbon; flash script; USB SSD

• ci-test-automation suite: ok
• starting apps: ok
• regression / ad-hoc testing: ok

works:

• starting apps with givc-cli; NOTE: only the browsers can take argument(s)
• apps can be started after logout-login (SSRCSP-5262)

notes:

• even though all apps can be started after logout / login, there are lots of error messages:

2024-10-05T05:26:46.053172Z ERROR Status of appflowy@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.
2024-10-05T05:26:46.047498Z ERROR Status of zathura@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.
2024-10-05T05:26:46.035635Z ERROR Status of gnome-text-editor@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.
2024-10-05T05:26:46.033876Z ERROR Status of slack@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.
2024-10-05T05:26:46.031838Z ERROR Status of losslesscut@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.
2024-10-05T05:26:46.030004Z ERROR Status of chromium@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.
2024-10-05T05:26:46.028295Z ERROR Status of gpclient@0.service is failed, instead of active. Recovering.

it can be seen continuously in the logs (admin-vm);
this is not happening in the mainline build;
seems to be random services after every restart-logout-login

issues:

• N/A

platform: NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin; cross-compile; flash script

• ci-test-automation suite: ok
• starting apps: ok (with "ghaf-open" command)
• regression / ad-hoc testing: ok

works:

• boot, starting apps, logout & login

notes:

• taskbar is not available; same as in mainline build

issues:

• N/A

[johannarautanen]

Tested with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin native: commit: c4a6cbb
Flash script.

ci-test-automation suite: ok

starting apps: ok, after opening apps-menu with Windows-button.
(Missing taskbar: https://jira.tii.ae/browse/SSRCSP-5322

regression / ad-hoc testing: ok

Tested with RISC-V (packages.riscv64-linux.microchip-icicle-kit-debug)
Commit: c4a6cbb

ci-test-automation suite: ok
regression / ad-hoc testing: ok

Tested with NVIDIA Jetson NX Orin native: commit: c4a6cbb
Flash to memory stick

ci-test-automation suite: ok

starting apps: ok, after opening apps-menu with Windows-button.
(Missing taskbar: https://jira.tii.ae/browse/SSRCSP-5322

regression / ad-hoc testing: ok