Hi all,
I recently installed Fedora Core 7 and I am attempting to install the drivers for my ATI x1650 pro. The catalyst drivers all seemed to install fine (but I also can't open ati catalyst center), but when I attempt to run aticonfig i get the error message below and then when i try to run it again there is not xorg.conf file.

Any help?


[root@localhost X11]# aticonfig --initial
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
Using xorg.conf
Saved back-up to xorg.conf.original-1
*** glibc detected *** aticonfig: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00007fff6cfb2ac6 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib64/libc.so.6[0x31d2a70412]
/lib64/libc.so.6(cfree+0x8c)[0x31d2a73b1c]
aticonfig[0x40a78d]
aticonfig[0x40a6e9]
aticonfig[0x40d963]
aticonfig(XOpenDisplay+0x2b5)[0x402505]
aticonfig(XOpenDisplay+0x139)[0x402389]
/lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4)[0x31d2a1daa4]
aticonfig(XOpenDisplay+0x5a)[0x4022aa]
======= Memory map: ========
00400000-00423000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6598511 /usr/bin/aticonfig
00522000-00529000 rw-p 00022000 fd:00 6598511 /usr/bin/aticonfig
00529000-0054a000 rw-p 00529000 00:00 0 [heap]
31d1a00000-31d1a1a000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 14581839 /lib64/ld-2.6.so
31d1c19000-31d1c1a000 r--p 00019000 fd:00 14581839 /lib64/ld-2.6.so
31d1c1a000-31d1c1b000 rw-p 0001a000 fd:00 14581839 /lib64/ld-2.6.so
31d2a00000-31d2b47000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 14581852 /lib64/libc-2.6.so
31d2b47000-31d2d46000 ---p 00147000 fd:00 14581852 /lib64/libc-2.6.so
31d2d46000-31d2d4a000 r--p 00146000 fd:00 14581852 /lib64/libc-2.6.so
31d2d4a000-31d2d4b000 rw-p 0014a000 fd:00 14581852 /lib64/libc-2.6.so
31d2d4b000-31d2d50000 rw-p 31d2d4b000 00:00 0
31d2e00000-31d2e82000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 14581854 /lib64/libm-2.6.so
31d2e82000-31d3081000 ---p 00082000 fd:00 14581854 /lib64/libm-2.6.so
31d3081000-31d3082000 r--p 00081000 fd:00 14581854 /lib64/libm-2.6.so
31d3082000-31d3083000 rw-p 00082000 fd:00 14581854 /lib64/libm-2.6.so
31d3200000-31d3202000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 14581856 /lib64/libdl-2.6.so
31d3202000-31d3402000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 14581856 /lib64/libdl-2.6.so
31d3402000-31d3403000 r--p 00002000 fd:00 14581856 /lib64/libdl-2.6.so
31d3403000-31d3404000 rw-p 00003000 fd:00 14581856 /lib64/libdl-2.6.so
31d3e00000-31d3e02000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6591622 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
31d3e02000-31d4001000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 6591622 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
31d4001000-31d4002000 rw-p 00001000 fd:00 6591622 /usr/lib64/libXau.so.6.0.0
31d4200000-31d4205000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6591667 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
31d4205000-31d4404000 ---p 00005000 fd:00 6591667 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
31d4404000-31d4405000 rw-p 00004000 fd:00 6591667 /usr/lib64/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
31d4600000-31d4704000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6592079 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
31d4704000-31d4904000 ---p 00104000 fd:00 6592079 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
31d4904000-31d490b000 rw-p 00104000 fd:00 6592079 /usr/lib64/libX11.so.6.2.0
31d5200000-31d5210000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6595272 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
31d5210000-31d5410000 ---p 00010000 fd:00 6595272 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
31d5410000-31d5411000 rw-p 00010000 fd:00 6595272 /usr/lib64/libXext.so.6.4.0
31d7200000-31d7209000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6595256 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
31d7209000-31d7408000 ---p 00009000 fd:00 6595256 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
31d7408000-31d7409000 rw-p 00008000 fd:00 6595256 /usr/lib64/libXrender.so.1.3.0
31d9400000-31d9406000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6595551 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
31d9406000-31d9606000 ---p 00006000 fd:00 6595551 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
31d9606000-31d9607000 rw-p 00006000 fd:00 6595551 /usr/lib64/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
31e1400000-31e140d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 14581929 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070503.so.1
31e140d000-31e160d000 ---p 0000d000 fd:00 14581929 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070503.so.1
31e160d000-31e160e000 rw-p 0000d000 fd:00 14581929 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20070503.so.1
2aaaaaaab000-2aaaaaaad000 rw-p 2aaaaaaab000 00:00 0
2aaaaaabd000-2aaaaaac2000 rw-p 2aaaaaabd000 00:00 0
2aaaac000000-2aaaac021000 rw-p 2aaaac000000 00:00 0
2aaaac021000-2aaab0000000 ---p 2aaaac021000 00:00 0
7fff6cf9e000-7fff6cfb4000 rw-p 7fff6cf9e000 00:00 0 [stack]
ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso]
Aborted

Why make it difficult? All you need to do is set up the livna repository. Make a file called livna.repo in etc/yum.repos.d and paste the following into it:

Before proceeding with the rest, make sure than any remaining bits of the botched driver install are cleared. Open Applications > Add/Remove and search for anything that is fglrx related.

Then, from the command line, you run:

yum --enablerepo livna install kmod-fglrx

That's it.