If the previous command was reboot(8), then at the Lilo prompt, one needs the full seven Fn Ends to restore minimal brightness.
If the previous command was shutdown -h now, then at the Lilo prompt after next powerup, one needs only three or four Fn Ends to restore minimal brightness. H> I hope to have some time to hunt it down in Debconf 8. I am farthest from Brazil and Argentina, http://jidanni.org/geo/antipodes/ (By the way, not related to this bug, but for careful observers: if one observes the corners of the screen, during /etc/init.d/xdm start, one observes some wasteful looking repeated initialization actions, mainly what seems like momentarily losing power to the screen twice.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]