This worked for me:
To check the ownership of
/dev/kvm
usels -al /dev/kvm
The user was
root
, the group kvm
. To check which users are in the kvm
group, usegrep kvm /etc/group
This returned
kvm:x:some_number:
on my system: as there is nothing left to the final
:
, there are no users in the kvm
group.
To add the user
username
to the kvm group, you could usesudo adduser username kvm
which adds the user to the group, and check once again with
grep kvm /etc/group
.
Log out and back in (or restart), for the permissions to take effect. If you get the message
adduser: The group kvm does not exist.
On Ubuntu 18.04 you need to additionally
sudo apt install qemu-kvm
.ref:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37300811/android-studio-dev-kvm-device-permission-denied