ubuntu can damage your hardware? (radeontool)

[Paul M Edwards]

The same kind of warning is in xvidtune, which comes with X.

I don't agree that it should be removed, but I do agree that ACPI
shouldn't depend on it.
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Paul M Edwards



On 10/4/05, Wouter Stomp <wouterstomp at gmail.com> wrote:
> The latest update installed radeontool on my computer. From the
> description of radeontool in synaptic:
>
> WARNING: Radeontool code has not been completely audited and may contain bugs
> that could damage your hardware. Use at your own risk.
>
> I think either this is not mature enough to be included in ubuntu by
> default or this warning message should be toned down a little... I
> don't think a lot of people will feel very comfortable installing this
> on their computer with the current description. How safe or dangerous
> is this package?
>
> Wouter.