Does switching VTs (Ctrl+Alt+F4) turn it on?
Also if you SSH into the machine while it's still on the login screen, does writing to:
/sys/class/backlight/*/brightness
like
cp /sys/class/backlight/*/max_brightness /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness
then make the login screen visible?
Does switching VTs (Ctrl+Alt+F4) turn it on?
Also if you SSH into the machine while it's still on the login screen, does writing to:
/sys/ class/backlight /*/brightness
like
cp /sys/class/ backlight/ */max_brightnes s /sys/class/ backlight/ */brightness
then make the login screen visible?