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  On 08/23/10 14:34, Warren Block wrote:
> 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"

Nope.  BTW, thanks for hanging in here.  I've never had trouble like 
this getting X11 to function.  Of course, I've never tried to install 
8.1 on a Thinkpad either.