CPU acceleration status: KVM is not installed on this machine (/dev/kvm is missing)

Question

I have worked in eclipse for android, but now i have shifted to android studio, After downloading android studio from here :

1. setup sdk with studio
2. created android project
3. created an AVD (cpu x86_64, android 5.0.1 Nexus one, api 21 ) But when i tried to run avd, it is giving an error below

I'm on ubuntu 14.04 64 bit.

need help, thanks in advance !!

Answer 1

I have solved this issue by enabling virtualization in BIOS, see this for more details, :)