On Fri, 11 Jan 2019 07:41:27 +0200 Aleksi Suhonen <debian-reportbug-2...@ssd.axu.tm> wrote: > After upgrading and rebooting a virtual machine that has only a virtual > serial console, I get this message: > > /etc/init.d/brightness: 36: /etc/init.d/brightness: cannot create > /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness: Directory nonexistent > > It's not critical, but I'm wondering if desktop features could be > separated from this package. Or if there was a debconf knob to turn them > all on and off easily?
This isn't a purely "desktop" feature. In the past, some systems have booted up with the backlight *off*, making the screen all but invisible, and this script helps avoid that.
