Sparsebundle with password, prompts incessantly

I have a password protected sparsebundle where I keep projects which require a little additional security (I've had a computer stolen recently). The problem I'm encountering is since the 10.7.1 update of Lion, the computer is constantly prompting me to enter the password for this bundle. I password protected it so that it wouldn't be accessible, but the computer won't stop bugging me about opening it every time I sit down at the computer.
This prompting seems to be operating system specific as it happens even if nothing is running. Further, I've used this technique for years for protecting sensitive personal data and even if I have dozens of programs attempting to use the data, the moment I close the sparsebundle it's just as if the drive were disconnected.
I've also opened a bug report, but I'm hoping someone might have some more proactive feedback of how I can solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.

cfr wrote:The other change I thought might be an obvious possibility is that I added rd.log to my kernel command line to get logging in early user space (if that is the right terminology).
So, is it? I have my doubts, since the rd logger doesn't affect stdin.
Last edited by falconindy (2013-08-07 02:14:26)

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