Android Virtual Device - Black screen and I've tried everything

Question

This is a fresh install of Android Studios on Ubuntu 16.04.

I just get a black screen on the AVD every time. I been reading related threads tried the following:

• Changing to software gpu
• many different device profiles
• many different andoid system image versions
• wiping the user data for the device
• both x86 and arm images
• both the x86 and x64 emulators
• various amount of RAM for each device
• running with no skins

And more things that I can't recall right now.

The qemu process does start and consume quite a bit of CPU time, but nothing ever happens. No error messages either. Just hangs up.

My i5 processor does have virtualization support as well.

Before I break down and install windows to get this working, is there anything else I can try?

EDIT: The kernel does boot but enters an infinite loop repeating these messages:

[  117.942709] init: property_set("ro.boottime.wificond", "117942505853") failed: property already set

[  117.964867] init: starting service 'netd'...

[  117.965726] init: property_set("ro.boottime.netd", "117965553859") failed: property already set

[  117.974155] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/netd', mode 660, user 0, group 1000

[  117.975147] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/dnsproxyd', mode 660, user 0, group 3003

[  117.976174] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/mdns', mode 660, user 0, group 1000

[  117.977136] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/fwmarkd', mode 660, user 0, group 3003

[  117.989764] init: starting service 'zygote'...

[  118.000458] init: property_set("ro.boottime.zygote", "118000275846") 
failed: property already set

[  118.010134] init: no such service 'wpa_supplicant'

[  118.011053] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/zygote', mode 660, user 0, group 1000

[  122.394998] init: starting service 'surfaceflinger'...

[  122.396072] init: property_set("ro.boottime.surfaceflinger", "122395874175") failed: property already set

[  122.397299] init: Failed to bind socket 'pdx/system/vr/display/client': No such file or directory

[  122.398293] init: Failed to bind socket 'pdx/system/vr/display/manager': No such file or directory

[  122.399281] init: Failed to bind socket 'pdx/system/vr/display/vsync': No such file or directory

[  122.454693] healthd: battery l=100 v=5000 t=25.0 h=2 st=2 chg=a

[  122.486518] init: Service 'surfaceflinger' (pid 2847) killed by signal 6

[  122.487278] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'surfaceflinger' (pid 2847) process group...

[  122.488207] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1000 pid 2847 in 0ms

[  122.489051] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'zygote' (pid 2815) process group...

[  122.498945] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 0 pid 2815 in 9ms

[  122.500398] init: Service 'zygote' (pid 2815) killed by signal 9

[  122.501398] init: Unable to open '/sys/android_power/request_state': No such file or directory

[  122.502779] init: Unable to write to '/sys/power/state': Invalid argument

[  122.503869] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'audioserver' (pid 2804) process group...

[  122.511295] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1041 pid 2804 in 6ms

[  122.513308] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'cameraserver' (pid 2805) process group...

[  122.521445] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1047 pid 2805 in 6ms

[  122.522669] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'media' (pid 2806) process group...

[  122.530468] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1013 pid 2806 in 6ms

[  122.531675] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'netd' (pid 2814) process group...

[  122.539229] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 0 pid 2814 in 6ms

[  122.540805] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'wificond' (pid 2812) process 
group...

[  122.548870] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1010 pid 2812 in 6ms

[  122.550996] init: Service 'audioserver' (pid 2804) killed by signal 9

[  122.552127] init: Sending signal 9 to service 'audio-hal-2-0' (pid 2807) process group...

[  122.559507] init: Successfully killed process cgroup uid 1041 pid 2807 in 6ms

[  122.561085] init: Service 'cameraserver' (pid 2805) killed by signal 9

[  122.562292] init: Service 'media' (pid 2806) killed by signal 9

[  122.563413] init: Service 'audio-hal-2-0' (pid 2807) killed by signal 9

[  122.564576] init: Service 'wificond' (pid 2812) killed by signal 9

[  122.565608] init: Service 'netd' (pid 2814) killed by signal 9

[  122.566673] init: Untracked pid 2858 exited with status 0

[  122.567567] init: Untracked pid 2817 killed by signal 9

[  122.568495] init: Untracked pid 2818 killed by signal 9

[  122.569442] init: processing action (init.svc.zygote=stopping) from 
(/system/etc/init/bootstat.rc:62)

[  122.578092] init: starting service 'audioserver'...

[  122.579401] init: property_set("ro.boottime.audioserver", "122579133766") failed: property already set

[  122.580660] init: starting service 'cameraserver'...

[  122.581377] init: property_set("ro.boottime.cameraserver", "122581249935") failed: property already set

[  122.582626] init: starting service 'media'...

[  122.583276] init: property_set("ro.boottime.media", "122583158219") failed: property already set

[  122.600086] init: couldn't write 2865 to /dev/cpuset/camera-daemon/tasks: No such file or directory

[  122.870197] init: starting service 'audio-hal-2-0'...

[  122.871067] init: property_set("ro.boottime.audio-hal-2-0", "122870905135") failed: property already set

[  122.920102] binder: 2864:2864 transaction failed 29189/-22, size 32-0 line 2936

[  122.921441] binder: 2864:2864 transaction failed 29189/-22, size 32-0 line 2936

[  122.942631] init: starting service 'wificond'...

[  122.943501] init: property_set("ro.boottime.wificond", "122943322473") failed: property already set

[  122.965669] init: starting service 'netd'...

[  122.966468] init: property_set("ro.boottime.netd", "122966306126") failed: property already set

[  122.971540] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/netd', mode 660, user 0, group 1000

[  122.972491] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/dnsproxyd', mode 660, user 0, group 3003

[  122.973386] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/mdns', mode 660, user 0, group 1000

[  122.974265] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/fwmarkd', mode 660, user 0, group 3003

[  123.002232] init: no such service 'wpa_supplicant'

[  123.002902] init: starting service 'zygote'...

[  123.003738] init: property_set("ro.boottime.zygote", "123003531647") failed: property already set

[  123.009193] init: Created socket '/dev/socket/zygote', mode 660, user 0, group 1000

Answer 1

Looks like the kernel is not booting.

try to run this command to see some messages.

cd /path/to/your/sdk/emulator-official
./emulator -show-kernel -avd your-avd-name

Please try the following command to use guest gpu:

./emulator -show-kernel -gpu guest -avd your-avd-name

Answer 2

from: \users\yourUsername\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools‌​\ execute following command:

emulator -avd yourAvdDeviceName -netdelay none -netspeed full