Errors installing AMD Catalist driver 12-4-x86.x86_64 in Fedora 17

[mafc]

Hi,

I'm trying to install the amd 12.4 driver in fedora 17 machine but I get this errors.

[root@aqua Descargas]# uname -a
Linux aqua.localdomain 3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Jun 18 19:53:17 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# ./amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run
Created directory fglrx-install.v5Sba2
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver-8.961.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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 AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver Installer/Packager 
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Detected configuration:
Architecture: x86_64 (64-bit)
X Server: X.Org 6.9 or later 64-bit
loki_setup: directory: (null)
DKMS part of installation failed.  Please refer to /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log for details
Removing temporary directory: fglrx-install.v5Sba2
[root@aqua Descargas]# more /usr/share/ati/fglrx-install.log
Detected a previous installation, /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh
Dryrun uninstall succeeded continuing with installation.
Uninstalling any previously installed drivers.
Forcing uninstall of AMD Catalyst(TM) Proprietary Driver.
No integrity verification is done.
restore of system environment completed
Errors during DKMS module removal
Uninstall fglrx driver complete.
For detailed log of uninstall, please see /etc/ati/fglrx-uninstall.log
System must be rebooted to avoid system instability and potential data loss.
/usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh completed with 0

Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.961/source ->
                 /usr/src/fglrx-8.961

DKMS: add completed.

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
cd /var/lib/dkms/fglrx/8.961/build; sh make.sh --nohints --uname_r=3.4.3-1.fc17.x86_64 --norootcheck....(bad exit status: 1)
[Error] Kernel Module : Failed to build fglrx-8.961 with DKMS[Error] Kernel Module : Removing fglrx-8.961 from DKMS

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Deleting module version: 8.961
completely from the DKMS tree.
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Done.
[Reboot] Kernel Module : dracut

[Fenrin]

Catalyst 12.4 isn't compatible with Fedora 17, because of it's xorg-server version. Just uninstall the proprietary AMD driver. Catalyst 12.6 should be compatible with F17. But it isn't released yet and supports only 5xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx Radeon series cards.

[JamesNZ]

And after you uninstall the proprietary driver run 'yum reinstall mesa-libGL', which will repair the default drivers.

[Yora0]

Fedora 17 can work reasonably well with the included default drivers for ATI cards. Not perfect, but it does the job.

Great thanks to James, this little piece of information is very often missing when people have to go back to the xorg drivers.