2009 MBP Backlight keyboard

Friends computer. When I try to illuminate the keyboard it shows a symbol of a circle with a line thru it and the keyboard stays dark. why

It's possible there are dust bunnies caught under the keys.  You can try a can of compressed air or a vacuum hose to remove the dirt.  Or try the suggestions mentioned = Do-It-Yourself Laptop Repair
Research YouTube's 'How To' video tutorials
FixYa
How to remove and clean your Macbook Pro Keyboard
Cleaning Macbook keys after a spill
Or it could be a hardware issue.  If so, your friend should call Apple Care if they have it.  Otherwise, your friend should take the computer to an Apple store or an AASP. 

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    EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
    Report generated 26 juli 2014 12:29:37 CEST
    Hardware Information:
      MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
      MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
      1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
      8 GB RAM
    Video Information:
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      Color LCD 1280 x 800
    System Software:
      OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:14:20
    Disk Information:
      FUJITSU MJA2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160,04 GB)
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
      Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159,18 GB (26 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
      HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N 
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      Iomega Iomega 500,11 GB
      EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
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      [loaded] com.fortinet.fct.kext.fctwfnke (1.0 - SDK 10.7) Support
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      [not loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetFlt (4.2.12) Support
      [loaded] org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxUSB (4.2.12) Support
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    Hi, thanks for the reply. I deleted some of the old stuff that showed up on the report (have removed virtual box long ago but some residual files were apparently left). It didn't help though. Will remove forticlient too as a test.
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    Anonymous UUID:       xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
    Sat Jul 26 13:21:42 2014
    panic(cpu 1 caller 0xffffff801a2dc24e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff801a5e2e49, type 14=page fault, registers:
    CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0xffffef811ca9bea0, CR3: 0x000000004274c000, CR4: 0x0000000000000660
    RAX: 0x0000000000000100, RBX: 0xffffff802dd897b0, RCX: 0x00000000e7b76fff, RDX: 0x0000000018489000
    RSP: 0xffffff811ca9be00, RBP: 0xffffff811ca9be00, RSI: 0xffffff8115e0d068, RDI: 0xffffef811ca9be80
    R8:  0xffffff8115d9d078, R9:  0xffffff8115e0d068, R10: 0xffffff811ca9bb90, R11: 0x0000000000000246
    R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff801a7693d1, R14: 0xffffef811ca9be80, R15: 0x0000000000000000
    RFL: 0x0000000000010282, RIP: 0xffffff801a5e2e49, CS:  0x0000000000000008, SS:  0x0000000000000010
    Fault CR2: 0xffffef811ca9bea0, Error code: 0x0000000000000000, Fault CPU: 0x1
    Backtrace (CPU 1), Frame : Return Address
    0xffffff811ca9ba90 : 0xffffff801a222f79
    0xffffff811ca9bb10 : 0xffffff801a2dc24e
    0xffffff811ca9bce0 : 0xffffff801a2f3746
    0xffffff811ca9bd00 : 0xffffff801a5e2e49
    0xffffff811ca9be00 : 0xffffff801a5f6733
    0xffffff811ca9be60 : 0xffffff801a5f20be
    0xffffff811ca9bf00 : 0xffffff801a5f1ecf
    0xffffff811ca9bf60 : 0xffffff801a640777
    0xffffff811ca9bfb0 : 0xffffff801a2f3c38
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    Kernel UUID: BBFADD17-672B-35A2-9B7F-E4B12213E4B8
    Kernel slide:     0x000000001a000000
    Kernel text base: 0xffffff801a200000
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    System uptime in nanoseconds: 3901629665348
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    com.apple.filesystems.autofs 3.0
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    Memory Module: BANK 1/DIMM0, 4 GB, DDR3, 1333 MHz, 0x029E, 0x434D5341344758334D314131333333433920
    AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x14E4, 0x8D), Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.106.98.100.22)
    Bluetooth: Version 4.2.6f1 14216, 3 services, 23 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
    Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
    Serial ATA Device: FUJITSU MJA2160BH FFS G1, 160,04 GB
    Serial ATA Device: HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N
    USB Device: Internal Memory Card Reader
    USB Device: BRCM2046 Hub
    USB Device: Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    USB Device: Iomega
    USB Device: Built-in iSight
    USB Device: Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
    USB Device: IR Receiver
    Thunderbolt Bus:
    new etre check:
    EtreCheck version: 1.9.12 (48)
    Report generated 26 juli 2014 13:24:10 CEST
    Hardware Information:
      MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) (Verified)
      MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
      1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
      8 GB RAM
    Video Information:
      NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
      Color LCD 1280 x 800
    System Software:
      OS X 10.9.4 (13E28) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:27
    Disk Information:
      FUJITSU MJA2160BH FFS G1 disk0 : (160,04 GB)
      EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209,7 MB
      Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 159,18 GB (26,73 GB free)
      Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
      HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N 
    USB Information:
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      Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
      Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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      Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
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      [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist Support
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      NIHardwareAgent
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      Flash Player  Support
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      Mobile backups: OFF
      Auto backup: YES
      Volumes being backed up:
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      Destinations:
      IOMEGA [Local] (Last used)
      Total size: 0 B
      Total number of backups: (null)
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      All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
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    Section "Files"
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    ModelName "Unknown"
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