Dark fonts in console

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

After upgrading a couple of my sid boxes (to 2.6.3-1-k7), after the boot 
I find that the console fonts suddenly turn dark just before getting to 
the login screen. It's like the brightness on the monitor suddenly gets 
dropped down to 20%; not so dark you can't read the fonts, but dark 
enough to strain your eyes. Brightness levels in X seem fine; it only 
affects consoles.

I temporarily disabled /etc/init.d/console-screen.sh (by putting "exit 
0" as the first executable line in that script), and the screen stayed 
normal until I was able to log in. Sometime after that I found the 
consoles were again dark, but I don't know the exact sequence of events.

Google was less than enlightening (either me, or my consoles :-) ).

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

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Kent