Thanks David for the detailed informations, they are very useful. I tried following steps and the issue disappears.
$ . ./build/envsetup.sh $ choosecombo ./out/host/darwin-x86/bin/emulator -system ./out/target/product/generic -kernel ./prebuilt/android-arm/kernel/kernel-qemu -skindir ./development/emulator/skins -skin HVGA Regards, Moontain 2008/12/23 David Turner <[email protected]> > this is part of current changes to the SDK and the way multiple > configurations are going to be supported concurrently in the near future. > > if ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT is defined in your environment, it should pick built > system images automatically for you (you need to build these before > launching the emulator though). Simply invoking a command like "choosecombo" > should be enough to set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT > > if ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT is not defined, then the emulator assumes you are > using the SDK only (outside of the Android source tree) and expect to be > given the name of a "virtual machine". > > An Android Virtual Machine is a recently introduced concept, it corresponds > to a directory containing persistent images for the /data partition, the > /cache partition, option mutable and persistent system.img etc... > > You can create/list/delete virtual machines on your host through the new > "android" program. > > Alternatively, if you don't have a virtual machine created, and > ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT is not defined, you can get by by specifying on the > command-line all disk images to use with -image, -kernel, -ramdisk, -data, > etc... > > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 1:50 PM, moontain <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I downloaded the platform source code and completed a build. >> When I trying to run the emulator with following command,error occurs. >> $ ./out/host/darwin-x86/bin/emulator -system >> ./out/target/product/generic -kernel >> ./prebuilt/android-arm/kernel/kernel-qemu -skindir >> ./development/emulator/skins >> >> Below is the error message. >> >> emulator: ERROR: you must provide the name of a virtual machine to start >> the emulator. >> please see -help-vm for details. >> >> what's wrong with the command? what's the name of the virtual machine in >> the case? >> >> I'm using Mac OS X v 10.4.11, XCode v2.5 >> >> Regards, >> Moontain >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
