MBP Display stays off during power up

So every time I power my MBP up, the screen stays off, and I have to manually adjust the brightness to turn it on and up. I'm guessing it's just a setting I need to change, but I haven't been able to find it. Any Help? Thanks

Managed to get it going agin by doing a restore from my backup. Had to do the <Command, R> during power on, and do it from there.  Hopefully it will be ok now.

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