I can report the same problem with Intrepid on a Dell Inspiron 640m (E1405). 
mackkie's fix works.
and here's the lshal output
$ lshal -m

Start monitoring devicelist:
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08:37:53.780: computer_logicaldev_input_2 property button.state.value = true
08:37:53.789: computer_logicaldev_input_2 condition ButtonPressed = lid
08:37:57.764: computer_logicaldev_input_2 property button.state.value = false
08:37:57.768: computer_logicaldev_input_2 condition ButtonPressed = lid

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closed Laptop Lid to reliably keep Backlight off
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/41994
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