HAXM not working on Linux

Question

Here we go for GingerBread:

http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/2012/03/12/how-to-start-intel-hardware-assistedvirtualization-hypervisor-on-linux-to-speed-up-intel-android-x86-gingerbread-emulator/

Any updates for ICECream sandwich or Kitkat? Helpful answers are highly appreciated!!

Answer 1

KVM has to be enabled by inserting the kernel module:

sudo modprobe kvm-intel

How to Start Intel Hardware-assisted Virtualization (hypervisor) on Linux to Speed-up Intel Android x86 Emulator might help; verbose output is also useful for testing:

emulator -avd ... -verbose

should log something like:

emulator: CPU Acceleration: working
emulator: CPU Acceleration status: KVM (version 12) is installed and usable.

the qemuhowto states:

You must have kvm module (kvm-intel or kvm-amd) installed for your kernel, and the permission of /dev/kvm is set to allow your user to access it. Otherwise the KVM support will be disabled and it may run very slow.

Answer 2

As already mentioned by @Digit, you do not need HAXM on Linux but KVM.

Although the links in the other answers give a comprehensive answer, for those who like it short, on my Ubuntu, this was just enough:

sudo apt-get install kvm