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

Check nano /etc/group contains a line begins with kvm and ends with your user name. If not then run:

sudo gpasswd -a $USER kvm