Hello @Wash,
The other problem is that I cannot switch into a virtual terminal. There is an issue with the Intel drivers provided with PC BSD, the feature (V.Ts) is not supported yet. So if I do a ctrl + F1, ctrl + F2, ........ ctrl + F6, X11 server hangs up and I cannot access the command line and I am forced to power down the laptop.
Another thing that I am sure you are aware of is that *BSDs do not have run-levels like Linux so I cannot modify the initrd.conf scripts and say go to run-level 1, 2 or 3 on start-up in order to troubleshoot the problem further. I have seen some pointers here:
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.os.pcbsd.testing/7461 The comment indicates that I can default to the VESA generic drivers for the time being in order to get usable but non-optimal graphics.
I will try that out and see if I can trick the system to once again take my proper card drivers. Else I will keep rebooting the machine until it accepts to pick my drivers. Thank you for your advice.
Martin.