From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040207 Firefox/0.8 Description of problem: I am trying to install the ATI 3.7.0 driver on my FC1 Test1 x86_64 (X version 4.3.0-42; kernel 2.4.22-1.2166) system to enable dualhead yet the rpm install when trying to auto build the kernel module fglrx puts out an error (see in attachment) of something to do with not being able to format the elf64 into the elf32 during linking. If I ignore that all and continue to run the fglrxconfig I can setup my XF86Config-4 file and then on running of x it fails based on the fact that it cant load the module fglrx. Also if I run the make.sh it gives me the same linking error. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.7.0 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.install rpm 'rpm -ivh fglrx*.rpm' 2. 3. Actual Results: The kernel module build fails and therefore cannot be run with the new XF86Config-4 file. Expected Results: The kernel module should have been built and placed in its proper location so as to be loaded later when X started up with its new config file. Additional info: The key are the lines: linking of fglrx kernel module... ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf32-i386 (./libfglrx_ip.a(vm.o)) to format elf64-x86-64 (fglrx.o) is not supported linking failed - kernel module was not generated somehow the elf32 lib might be redirected to the elf64 lib?
Created attachment 97708 [details] Redirected output of 'rpm -ivh --force fglrx*.rpm' Here is the entire output for the rpm install
These binary drivers include kernel modules. Until ATI releases a 64bit version of this driver (no plans have been listed yet), it will be impossible to install. It is not possible to link 32bit applications to 64bit libraries, or install 32bit kernel modules into a 64bit kernel unless someone takes the time to write a thunking layer. For graphics support under AMD64, you might look to older ATI cards (8500, 8800, 9200 except for SE), or Nvidia, which have been releasing 64bit drivers for some time. 2D support should work with most cards that have been out for any recent time.