Hi,
I am trying to run an executable make_surface file in my Linux 4.0, 32-bit machine and got the error “bash: ./make_surface: cannot execute binary file”. I don't know in which code it is written.
I have checked the file access as well which is “–rwxr-xr-x” and looks fine to me.
“file make_surface” is giving me “ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, statically linked, not stripped”.

Do I need to mention any path variable in .bashrc file? If so, can anybody please send me the command for this?

I am very new to linux and absolutely have no idea what is going on.

I would really appreciate if someone can help me in this regard.

Thanks,
Loss

What is the result of

You can not run a 64 bit program on a 32 bit OS...

What distribution / version / hardware are you running? There is no such thing as linux 4.0.

@jamescondron: “file make_surface” is giving me “ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, statically linked, not stripped”.

@michaelk: I'm running Red Hat Linux 4.0 if this is what you are looking for. I am trying to find out some more info; but don't know where to get it.

Red Hat 4, or RHEL 4? Because Red Hat 4 is a good 13 years old, and RHEL questions are best answered by the people you're paying all that money to for support.

As michaelk said, you can't run a 64bit executable on a 32bit machine, so either find the correct one, or give up on it

It is Red Hat Linux....I had to install this old version to get something running which was not compatible with other version.
My system device is showing "Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Control. Does it mean a 64bit OS?

Yes. And what did you need a 13 year old distro to run? Thats far older than your hardware, you know, so I'd be surprised if another, more up to date distro wouldn't work.

Perhaps you ought to start from the beginning with what you're trying to do.

I know. But can't help at this point.
Are you saying that running make_surface will not be possible for me in this version?

I'm saying, could you please tell us exactly what you're trying to do

I would assume it is the 32 bit version of RHEL 4.

I am sorry if my problem is not very clear. But what I'm trying to do is to run an executable make_surface which I'm not being able to.
I've mentioned everything in my first post I know about the file, though I don't know in which code it is written.
Let me know if you need some more information. I will try to find it out.

Post the output of the following commands.
uname -a
cat /etc/redhat-release
cat /proc/cpuinfo

@michaelk: But it is showing Red Hat Linux, not RHEL...

No, I mean why exactly are you using a thirteen year old distro, to solve what problem, what exactly is this programme designed to do, is it as critical as your 13 year old ideal, where did you get this installer.

Mainly what I want to know is, why are you using a distro some six years older than your hardware (Assuming your hardware came out the first day it was released) when it already was obsolete.

So to say again; what exactly are you trying to do

@michaelk: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 7)