Regarding GPU mode error in launching Android virtual device

Question

When I am trying to launch Android virtual device in Android Studio 2.0, it is giving me following error.

ERROR: Invalid GPU mode 'mesa', use one of: on off host guest

A screen shot is given bellow related to this error:

Any help would be greatly appreciated!Thanks.....

Have you tried deleting the virtual device and re-creating it? — Doug Stevenson, Apr 16 '16 at 20:01
Yes,i tried.Even i uninstalled Android Studio completely and reinstalled it. — Tanvir Rahman, Apr 16 '16 at 20:04

score 15 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '16 at 20:23

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Go to Virtual device manager, click 'Show on Disk' in the menu of the Virtual device. Open the config.ini file and change the respective line to: hw.gpu.mode=guest Then save the config.ini and then run Virtual device again. It should work.

answered May 18 '16 at 20:23

Milan Kerslager

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I recently changed my OS.Now it's working fine.If someone get help from your answer,i will mark it as accepted answer.Thanks. – Tanvir Rahman May 24 '16 at 17:23
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This is the only solution that works for me. (automatic mode choses hardware graphics, which are currently not working.) – Andy Jones Jun 29 '17 at 09:13
Worked for me on Android Studio 2.3.3 and Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS x64. – phoenix Jul 20 '17 at 13:18

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '16 at 19:51

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I had the same error and what worked for me was : Open AVD manager as in the screenshot in the question. Then click on Edit this AVD on the right. After the configuration window opens, there is a setting for Graphics in Emulated Performance. I set it to Auto which solved the error for me.

answered Jun 04 '16 at 19:51

user3814327

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Just Setting it to Automatic work for me ...Thanks @user3814327 – PN10 Dec 23 '16 at 09:40
This do not work for me on Android Studio 2.3.3 and Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS x64. – phoenix Jul 20 '17 at 13:18

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 02 '17 at 00:21

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A one-liner to disable GPU for all installed AVDs:

find  ~/.android/avd/ -name config.ini | while read f; do sed -ibak 's/hw.gpu.mode=.*/hw.gpu.mode=off/' "$f"; done

answered Aug 02 '17 at 00:21

George Y.

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 06:01

I got the same error. As a work-around I created another virtual device (AVD) with the same configuration and then used that device as my Emulator. That fixed it. Click on the "Create Virtual Device" button shown in the screenshot.

You can also try changing the configuration of the virtual device to find which one works best for your app.

Regarding GPU mode error in launching Android virtual device

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