Indeed, this does seem to be an upstart/init config issue rather than a thermald issue per se. I'll add that to the "affects" part of the bug report.
** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: upstart (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => James Hunt (jamesodhunt) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1348784 Title: thermald prevents unmounting /dev/sda1 in recovery mode To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thermald/+bug/1348784/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs