title: Android AVD emulator hangs while loading
body: <p>I seem to have messed up AVD Emulator and need some expert help in solving the problem.</p>
  
  <p>Here are the symptoms:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>When I try to open my_avd (my default avd) from AVD Manager, it takes a very long time to load (approx 10 - 20 mins). When loading completes, it just hangs and does not respond to any clicks (unlock mode!).</li>
  <li>I try loading my app on this emulator, it is abandoned with:
  "emulator-5554 disconnected! Cancelling 'com.app.xyz.xyzactivity activity launch'!"</li>
  <li><p>When trying to launch 'my_avd' from terminal ('...android-sdk-linux/tools $ ./emulator -avd my_avd'), the load time is less, but it abandons with a "Segmentation fault" error in terminal.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I have tried deleting &amp; re-creating my_avd multiple times, but no go.</li>
  <li>Have tried increasing the 'Device ram size' to 1024 also, but even that did not help.</li>
  <li>Tried the 'Snapshot: Enabled' mode while creating my_avd, but that only worsens the problem.</li>
  <li>Have reinstalled eclipse, android sdk, etc.</li>
  </ul></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>I am using Eclipse, Android 4.0 (API 14) on Ubuntu 11.x (x64 processor with ia32-libs installed). </p>
  
  <p>Any help/ suggestions will be highly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance</p>
  
  <p>Ram</p>