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On Mon, 23 Aug 2010, Rem P Roberti wrote:
> 
> I forgot.  The version of PCBSD that I had installed on the Thinkpad 
> was the legacy version.  The latest version, PCBSD 8.1, won't 
> install.  The screen goes blank and the computer freezes, just as 
> happens when trying to install X11 with FreeBSD 8.1

No real idea what to try next, so let's try turning off acceleration in 
the Device section:

Option "NoAccel" "On"
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