The following generates the solution using brute force. It works for 3x3, but takes forever for 10x10. It hasn't finished running for 10x10 yet, so I don't know if it gives a sensible answer. 
use strict;
use warnings;

use re 'eval';

my $size = 3;
my $sizem1 = $size-1;
my $sizem2 = $size-2;

my $grid = 'X' x ($size*$size);

my %solution;

my @todo = $grid;
while (@todo) {
   local $_ = pop(@todo);

   next if $solution{$_}++;

   # Row
   /^((?:.{$size})*X{0,$size})X(X{0,$sizem1}(?:.{$size})*)$
      (?{ push(@todo, "$1_$2") })(?=\Z=)/x;

   # Col
   /^(.{0,$sizem1}(?:X.{$sizem1})*)X((?:.{$sizem1}X)*.{0,$sizem1})$
      (?{ push(@todo, "$1_$2") })(?=\Z=)/x;

   # Diag \
   /^((?:X.{$size})*)X((?:.{$size}X)*)$
      (?{ push(@todo, "$1_$2") })(?=\Z=)/x;

   # Diag /
   /^(.{$sizem1}(?:X.{$sizem2})*)X((?:.{$sizem2}X)*.{$sizem1})$
      (?{ push(@todo, "$1_$2") })(?=\Z=)/x;
}

my @solutions = map substr($_, 5),
                sort { $b cmp $a }
                map sprintf('%05d%s', 0+/_/g, $_),
                keys %solution;

foreach my $solution (@solutions) {
   print
   map "$_\n\n",
   join "\n",
   map /(...)/g,
   $solution;
}

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A mirror image of a solution is counted as a solution.

In reply to Re: Challenge: Box Blackout by ikegami
in thread Challenge: Box Blackout by Limbic~Region

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