diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Configuration/HTTP/HTTPConfiguration.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Configuration/HTTP/HTTPConfiguration.cs
index c7d2c9c64b..d72c40fd6f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Configuration/HTTP/HTTPConfiguration.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Configuration/HTTP/HTTPConfiguration.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Configuration.HTTP
                 while (count > 0);
                 LoadDataFromString(sb.ToString());
             }
-            catch (Exception e)
+            catch (WebException)
             {
                 Console.MainLog.Instance.Warn("Unable to connect to remote configuration file (" + remoteConfigSettings.baseConfigURL + configFileName + "). Creating local file instead.");
                 xmlConfig.SetFileName(configFileName);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/LogBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/LogBase.cs
index 60c77fe04a..f2b2720056 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/LogBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/LogBase.cs
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
         {
             // FIXME: Needs to be better abstracted
             Log.WriteLine(prompt);
-            this.Write(prompt);
+            this.Notice(prompt);
             ConsoleColor oldfg = System.Console.ForegroundColor;
             System.Console.ForegroundColor = System.Console.BackgroundColor;
             string temp = System.Console.ReadLine();
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
         // Displays a command prompt and waits for the user to enter a string, then returns that string
         public string CmdPrompt(string prompt)
         {
-            this.Write(String.Format("{0}: ", prompt));
+            this.Notice(String.Format("{0}: ", prompt));
             return this.ReadLine();
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseHttpServer.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseHttpServer.cs
index 4b3b3defd7..d0784f303d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseHttpServer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Servers/BaseHttpServer.cs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
 
         public void Start()
         {
-            MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(LogPriority.LOW, "BaseHttpServer.cs: Starting up HTTP Server");
+            MainLog.Instance.Verbose("HTTPD", "BaseHttpServer.cs: Starting up HTTP Server");
 
             m_workerThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(StartHTTP));
             m_workerThread.IsBackground = true;
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
         {
             try
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(LogPriority.LOW, "BaseHttpServer.cs: StartHTTP() - Spawned main thread OK");
+                MainLog.Instance.Status("HTTPD", "BaseHttpServer.cs: StartHTTP() - Spawned main thread OK");
                 m_httpListener = new HttpListener();
 
                 m_httpListener.Prefixes.Add("http://+:" + m_port + "/");
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Servers
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(LogPriority.MEDIUM, e.Message);
+                MainLog.Instance.Warn("HTTPD", "Error - " + e.Message);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/UserManager/LoginResponse.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/UserManager/LoginResponse.cs
index e1fc3910de..4d5ec5f3db 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/UserManager/LoginResponse.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/UserManager/LoginResponse.cs
@@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.UserManagement
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(
-                    LogPriority.LOW,
+                MainLog.Instance.Warn(
+                    "CLIENT",
                     "LoginResponse: Error creating XML-RPC Response: " + e.Message
                 );
                 return (this.GenerateFailureResponse("Internal Error", "Error generating Login Response", "false"));
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/Main.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/Main.cs
index 8353066a2d..f9accabd7c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/Main.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/GridServer/Main.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.GridServer
     /// </summary>
     public class OpenGrid_Main : conscmd_callback
     {
-        private string GridDll = "OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL.dll";
         public GridConfig Cfg;
 
         public static OpenGrid_Main thegrid;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/Main.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/Main.cs
index a6571cf674..111d40d4fb 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/Main.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/Main.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.UserServer
     /// </summary>
     public class OpenUser_Main :  conscmd_callback
     {
-        private string StorageDll = "OpenSim.Framework.Data.MySQL.dll";
         private UserConfig Cfg;
 
         public UserManager m_userManager;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs
index 3c2193e4ea..fb7624a416 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Environment/Scenes/SceneBase.cs
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Environment.Scenes
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(LogPriority.HIGH, "World.cs: Close() - Failed with exception " + e.ToString());
+                MainLog.Instance.Error("SCENE", "World.cs: Close() - Failed with exception " + e.ToString());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/Program.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/Program.cs
index a5bc9996ae..a27cc0c5f0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/Program.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Examples/SimpleApp/Program.cs
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace SimpleApp
                 scene.AddEntity(fileObject);
             }
             
-            m_log.WriteLine(LogPriority.NORMAL, "Press enter to quit.");
+            m_log.Notice("Press enter to quit.");
             m_log.ReadLine();            
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs
index cb77405f50..6ab4178f00 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ namespace OpenSim.Physics.Manager
 
 			if(_plugins.ContainsKey(engineName))
 			{
-				MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(LogPriority.LOW,"creating "+engineName);
+				MainLog.Instance.Verbose("PHYSICS","creating "+engineName);
 				return _plugins[engineName].GetScene();
 			}
 			else
             {
-                MainLog.Instance.WriteLine(LogPriority.MEDIUM,"couldn't find physicsEngine: {0}",engineName);
+                MainLog.Instance.Warn("PHYSICS", "couldn't find physicsEngine: {0}", engineName);
                 throw new ArgumentException(String.Format("couldn't find physicsEngine: {0}",engineName));
 			}
 		}