Erhm.. Stupid me, forgot to mention the system information:
I'm running Ubuntu 7.10 i386, on kernel 2.6.22-14-generic.
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Multiple F1 hits bring system to its knees
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163743
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I confirm this bug. Keeping a finger on the F1 key for 5 seconds on a
computer with 2 Gb of ram will freeze the system for a very long period
and maybe crash it.
It seems stupid but it's not, I've got to crash my system too in only 4
seconds with 2 Gb of Ram. Of
