1556051 - 'mach android-emulator --version=x86' fails with emulator v29.0.x: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernel file!

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: Testing, defect, P3)

Description

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown] (pto Apr 11-18)]

After upgrading my local emulator to 29.0.x, the x86 (4.2) avd will no longer start.

emulator.log shows:

emulator: autoconfig: -skin 1024x816
emulator: autoconfig: -skindir (null)
emulator: ERROR: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernel file! Please ensure the file "kernel-ranchu" is in the same location as your system image.
emulator: ERROR: ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is undefined

This configuration is no longer used on trunk, so I am tempted to deprecate it, unless a fix is easy.

Comment 1

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown] (pto Apr 11-18)]

(The 4.3 and x86-7.0 avds continue to work with the new emulator.)

Comment 2

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown] (pto Apr 11-18)]

Adding an appropriate kernel-ranchu to the existing avd avoids this particular failure, but android hangs on boot. I tried updating kernel* and system.img, but the hang continued. We probably need to re-create the avd entirely.

I wonder if that's even useful though. We no longer run any 4.2 x86 tests on trunk.

:snorp - Thoughts?

Comment 3

[James Willcox (:snorp) ([e-mail]) (he/him)]

I think we can probably just ditch this particular AVD, yeah.

Comment 4

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown] (pto Apr 11-18)]

Today this avd is called 'x86-4.2'. It still has the same issues. I'll remove it.

Comment 5

[Geoff Brown [:gbrown] (pto Apr 11-18)]

Attachment: Bug 1556051 - Remove 'mach android-emulator' support for 'x86-4.2' avd; r=

This is a really old avd, no longer used in automation; it is obsolete.

Comment 6

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/a271c6dcaee9
Remove 'mach android-emulator' support for 'x86-4.2' avd; r=aerickson

Comment 7

[Daniel Varga [:dvarga]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a271c6dcaee9