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[Wayne Ward <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dont think you will get a kvm running 
but maybe a virtualbox....

WayneOn Tue, 2016-06-21 at 12:41 +0200, Bertrand CHEVRIER wrote:
> Running 
> $> kvm-ok
> INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions
> KVM acceleration can NOT be used
> 
> And after checking my cpu (Intel P7450) doesn't support hardware
> visualization (http://ark.intel.com/products/36734/Intel-Core2-Duo-Pr
> ocessor-P7450-3M-Cache-2_13-GHz-1066-MHz-FSB)
> 
> So it means I can't use emulators at all ? 
> 
> 2016-06-21 9:16 GMT+02:00 Benjamin Zeller <benjamin.zeller@canonical.
> com>:
> > Hm can you check if virtualization support is enabled in your BIOS?
> > I think someone once had a similar issue with that.
> > 
> > 
> > On 06/21/2016 08:42 AM, Bertrand CHEVRIER wrote:
> > > I'm also still stuck with the emulator, having created a new one
> > > using the command line :
> > > 
> > > > sudo ubuntu-emulator create --channel=ubuntu-touch/stable
> > > myinstance
> > > 
> > > then running 
> > > > ubuntu-emulator run --scale=0.8 myinstance
> > > and I fall in the same situation. I'll create a bug in launchpad.
> > > 
> > > The complete log is in attachment (emulator.log)
> > > 
> > > I've also tried from unbuntu-sdk and the result is even worth, my
> > > load avg kept increasing (I think I've stopped the processes at
> > > 12). And there was some segfault errors in my syslog  (see
> > > attachment also) and the nice screenshot of the screwed GUI of
> > > the ubuntu-sdk.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 2016-06-21 5:20 GMT+02:00 Unix One <unix1@xxxxxxxx>:
> > > > On 06/20/2016 09:25 AM, Benjamin Zeller wrote:
> > > > > At least the SDK IDE would always suggest you to create a
> > > > i386/stable
> > > > > emulator as default.
> > > > 
> > > > As seen in this blog post
> > > > https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/06/14/calling-testers
> > > > -new-ubuntu-sdk-ide-post/
> > > > it doesn't suggest one way or the other, it just lets you pick.
> > > > The post
> > > > also mentions that
> > > > 
> > > > "for creating click packages for the phone we will need an
> > > > armhf target"
> > > > 
> > > > which I read as I won't be able to do this with the i386
> > > > target. Is this
> > > > wrong?
> > > > 
> > > > > Probably, but they are extremely slow. Its possible that you
> > > > just did not
> > > > > wait long enough.
> > > > 
> > > > OK, this time I started the emulator and waited for over an
> > > > hour for it
> > > > to boot. In the first couple of minutes (roughly) it quickly
> > > > reached the
> > > > spot where it gives the "basename: missing operand" error and
> > > > then for
> > > > the next hour, while taking up 100% of a CPU core, stayed
> > > > there; at
> > > > which point I stopped it.
> > > > 
> > > > My laptop is Dell XPS 13 9350 which has Skylake i7 and 16GB
> > > > RAM, most of
> > > > which was free during this time. I would think if the emulator
> > > > were
> > > > making progress it would have finished the boot, or at least
> > > > gotten past
> > > > that point in that 1 hour time period.
> > > > 
> > > > > Also they can get stuck randomly.
> > > > 
> > > > Well, seems like stuck in an infinite loop during boot, at
> > > > least.
> > > > 
> > > > Unless anyone has suggestions, I think I'm giving up for now,
> > > > and I'm
> > > > going to use the phone; and alternatively see how useful the
> > > > i386
> > > > emulator is.
> > > > 
> > > > I would, however, suggest updating the wiki -
> > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Emulator - and maybe few other
> > > > places,
> > > > suggesting that arm emulators may not be reliable for now and
> > > > to use
> > > > i386 or the physical devices, in the hopes of avoiding
> > > > frustration of
> > > > newcomers who might not know.
> > > > 
> > > > Finally, I am new to all this. So please forgive my ignorance.
> > > > My intent
> > > > is to ask questions, learn, and hopefully give feedback. And I
> > > > am
> > > > grateful for any help I get. Thank you!
> > > > 
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