Keyboard light not working on Late 2006 Macbook model with OS X Lion 10.7.5 ..

Can someone please advise... not sure if the light just died or whether its a tab/function that is turned off. how do I get the backlight to work again ?
Thanks!

Resetting SMC could solve the problem.
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) - Apple Support

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