Android Studio 2.3 using emulator from console, “/dev/kvm device: permission denied” for root user

Question

I\'m trying to start a virtual android device which I created with the avdmanager of Android Studio 2.3 (via command line)

all commands are performed as

Answer 1

Try these steps:

Install qemu-kvm like following

sudo apt install qemu-kvm

Add user to kvm group using the following command:

sudo adduser  kvm

If you are getting permission denied, try following command

sudo chown  /dev/kvm

It worked for me in Ubuntu 18.04