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why does amd say fglrx NEEDS 32bit?
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Originally posted by apaige View PostThe installer *asks* if 32-bit libs are wanted or not. It's strictly optional.
Its all just a misunderstanding..
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Hey,
Any chance you could get this on the page:
for the 8.6 release?
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Originally posted by ferreira View PostBump for gr?t justice.
It's July 2009 and nothing has changed on either side. Bridgman, get a move on!
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Only thing that has anything to do with 32 bits which is required by fglrx to work is 'IA32 Emulation' enabled in kernel, as stated earlier in this thread. I'll file the bug.
Edit: Bug filed - http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595Last edited by ferreira; 05 July 2009, 06:39 AM.
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Originally posted by ferreira View PostOnly thing that has anything to do with 32 bits which is required by fglrx to work is 'IA32 Emulation' enabled in kernel, as stated earlier in this thread. I'll file the bug.
Edit: Bug filed - http://ati.cchtml.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1595
"When running on a 64-bit Linux system Catalyst needs to have the kernel configured for 32-bit emulation support and several 32-bit userspace dependencies have to be installed for running 32-bit programs. ATi does not currently officially support running the driver on non-multilib 64-bit Linux platforms." would be more accurate. It also clarifies that users running it on a 64-bit "pure" environment are solely responsible for testing and compatibility of the driver there.Last edited by nanonyme; 06 July 2009, 10:56 AM.
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Originally posted by bridgman View PostThanks. Looks like this might be a (well intentioned) over-reaction to a not-sufficiently-clear message on our web site. The issue here does seem to be the one I mentioned above -- running 32-bit apps on a 64-bit system needs our 32-bit GL libs, and those in turn require 32-bit libs in the OS. From the second bug report link :
The question seems to be whether it is better to mask off fglrx on any gentoo 64-bit system that does not have the 32-bit libs (just in case someone runs a 32-bit app and has problems) or whether it is better to let the fglrx driver install so users who understand the 32/64-bit issues can go ahead but limit themselves to running 64-bit apps.
I don't have a good understanding re: how many of the common Linux apps are available (and used) in 64-bit packages. If it's highly likely that a typical user *is* going to need to run 32-bit apps then maybe requiring a multilib gentoo system is the best option.
Is there anything I'm missing here ? I haven't had much experience playing with 32 vs 64 bit systems yet. Is there maybe a non-obvious downside to including the 32-bit libs ? Until now I figured anyone with a 64-bit system would include them "just in case", so they didn't have to go back and add them later when the inevitable 32-bit-only app showed up.
BTW I wasn't sure how to interpret "upstream" -- is "upstream" AMD in this case ?
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Originally posted by Vash63 View PostIt's not really a problem in Gentoo, right now I'm running a multilib Gentoo system, but the only 32-bit code is Steam which I'm running under WINE.
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