diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs
index 59e5b6e573..f2dd2bf5b2 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/CachedUserInfo.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
  * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
 using libsecondlife;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
@@ -35,50 +38,135 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             = log4net.LogManager.GetLogger(System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
         
         private readonly CommunicationsManager m_parentCommsManager;
-        // Fields
+
+        // FIXME: These need to be hidden behind accessors
         public InventoryFolderImpl RootFolder = null;
         public UserProfileData UserProfile = null;
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Stores received folders for which we have not yet received the parents.
+        /// </summary></param>
+        private IDictionary<LLUUID, IList<InventoryFolderImpl>> pendingCategorizationFolders 
+            = new Dictionary<LLUUID, IList<InventoryFolderImpl>>();
 
         public CachedUserInfo(CommunicationsManager commsManager)
         {
             m_parentCommsManager = commsManager;
         }
-
-        // Methods
-        public void FolderReceive(LLUUID userID, InventoryFolderImpl folderInfo)
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Store a folder pending categorization when its parent is received.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="folder"></param>
+        private void AddPendingFolder(InventoryFolderImpl folder)
         {
-            //m_log.DebugFormat("[INVENTORY CACHE]: Received folder {0} {1} for user {2}", folderInfo.name, folderInfo.folderID, userID);
+            LLUUID parentFolderId = folder.parentID;
             
-            if (userID == UserProfile.UUID)
+            if (pendingCategorizationFolders.ContainsKey(parentFolderId))
             {
-                if (RootFolder == null)
+                pendingCategorizationFolders[parentFolderId].Add(folder);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                IList<InventoryFolderImpl> folders = new List<InventoryFolderImpl>();
+                folders.Add(folder);
+                
+                pendingCategorizationFolders[parentFolderId] = folders;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Add any pending folders which are children of parent
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="parentId">
+        /// A <see cref="LLUUID"/>
+        /// </param>
+        private void ResolvePendingFolders(InventoryFolderImpl parent)
+        {
+            if (pendingCategorizationFolders.ContainsKey(parent.folderID))
+            {
+                foreach (InventoryFolderImpl folder in pendingCategorizationFolders[parent.folderID])
                 {
-                    if (folderInfo.parentID == LLUUID.Zero)
+//                    m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                        "[INVENTORY CACHE]: Resolving pending received folder {0} {1} into {2} {3}",
+//                        folder.name, folder.folderID, parent.name, parent.folderID);
+                    
+                    if (!parent.SubFolders.ContainsKey(folder.folderID))
                     {
-                        RootFolder = folderInfo;
-                    }
-                }
-                else if (RootFolder.folderID == folderInfo.parentID)
-                {
-                    if (!RootFolder.SubFolders.ContainsKey(folderInfo.folderID))
-                    {
-                        RootFolder.SubFolders.Add(folderInfo.folderID, folderInfo);
-                    }
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    InventoryFolderImpl folder = RootFolder.HasSubFolder(folderInfo.parentID);
-                    if (folder != null)
-                    {
-                        if (!folder.SubFolders.ContainsKey(folderInfo.folderID))
-                        {
-                            folder.SubFolders.Add(folderInfo.folderID, folderInfo);
-                        }
-                    }
+                        parent.SubFolders.Add(folder.folderID, folder);
+                    }                    
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Callback invoked when a folder is received from an async request to the inventory service.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="userID"></param>
+        /// <param name="folderInfo"></param>
+        public void FolderReceive(LLUUID userID, InventoryFolderImpl folderInfo)
+        {
+            // FIXME: Exceptions thrown upwards never appear on the console.  Could fix further up if these
+            // are simply being swallowed
+            try
+            {
+//                m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                    "[INVENTORY CACHE]: Received folder {0} {1} for user {2}", 
+//                    folderInfo.name, folderInfo.folderID, userID);
+                
+                if (userID == UserProfile.UUID)
+                {
+                    if (RootFolder == null)
+                    {
+                        if (folderInfo.parentID == LLUUID.Zero)
+                        {
+                            RootFolder = folderInfo;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if (RootFolder.folderID == folderInfo.parentID)
+                    {
+                        if (!RootFolder.SubFolders.ContainsKey(folderInfo.folderID))
+                        {
+                            RootFolder.SubFolders.Add(folderInfo.folderID, folderInfo);
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            AddPendingFolder(folderInfo);
+                        }                        
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        InventoryFolderImpl folder = RootFolder.HasSubFolder(folderInfo.parentID);
+                        if (folder != null)
+                        {
+                            if (!folder.SubFolders.ContainsKey(folderInfo.folderID))
+                            {
+                                folder.SubFolders.Add(folderInfo.folderID, folderInfo);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            AddPendingFolder(folderInfo);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    
+                    ResolvePendingFolders(folderInfo);
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[INVENTORY CACHE] {0}", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Callback invoked when an item is received from an async request to the inventory service.
+        /// 
+        /// FIXME: We're assuming here that items are always received after all the folders have been
+        /// received.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="userID"></param>
+        /// <param name="folderInfo"></param>        
         public void ItemReceive(LLUUID userID, InventoryItemBase itemInfo)
         {
             if ((userID == UserProfile.UUID) && (RootFolder != null))
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs
index 67022c7931..c3f51da44d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/Cache/UserProfileCacheService.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
+
 using libsecondlife;
+
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
@@ -65,9 +68,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
 
                     if (userInfo.UserProfile != null)
                     {
-                        // The request itself will occur when the agent finishes logging on to the region
-                        // so there's no need to do it here.
-                        //RequestInventoryForUser(userID, userInfo);
+                        // The inventory will be populated when the user actually enters the scene
                         m_userProfiles.Add(userID, userInfo);
                     }
                     else
@@ -219,10 +220,34 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
             CachedUserInfo userProfile;
             if (m_userProfiles.TryGetValue(remoteClient.AgentId, out userProfile))
             {
+                // XXX: When a client crosses into a scene, their entire inventory is fetched
+                // asynchronously.  However, if the client is logging on and does not have a cached root 
+                // folder, then the root folder request usually comes in *before* the async completes, leading to 
+                // inventory failure.
+                //
+                // This is a crude way of dealing with that by retrying the lookup.
+                if (userProfile.RootFolder == null)
+                {
+                    int attempts = 5;
+                    while (attempts-- > 0)
+                    {
+                        Thread.Sleep(3000);
+                        
+                        if (userProfile.RootFolder != null)
+                        {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                
                 if (userProfile.RootFolder != null)
                 {
                     if (userProfile.RootFolder.folderID == folderID)
                     {
+//                        m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                            "[AGENT INVENTORY]: Found root folder {0} for client {1}", 
+//                            folderID, remoteClient.AgentId);
+                        
                         remoteClient.SendInventoryFolderDetails(
                             remoteClient.AgentId, folderID, userProfile.RootFolder.RequestListOfItems(),
                             userProfile.RootFolder.RequestListOfFolders(),
@@ -234,6 +259,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications.Cache
                     {
                         if ((fold = userProfile.RootFolder.HasSubFolder(folderID)) != null)
                         {
+//                            m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                                "[AGENT INVENTORY]: Found folder {0} for client {1}", 
+//                                folderID, remoteClient.AgentId);
+                            
                             remoteClient.SendInventoryFolderDetails(
                                 remoteClient.AgentId, folderID, fold.RequestListOfItems(),
                                 fold.RequestListOfFolders(), fetchFolders, fetchItems);
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/InventoryServiceBase.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/InventoryServiceBase.cs
index 6e909dae18..5515c77063 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/InventoryServiceBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/InventoryServiceBase.cs
@@ -76,12 +76,27 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications
         
         #region IInventoryServices methods
 
-        // See IInventoryServices
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Guid to UUID wrapper for same name IInventoryServices method
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rawUserID"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
         public List<InventoryFolderBase> RequestFirstLevelFolders(Guid rawUserID)
         {
             LLUUID userID = new LLUUID(rawUserID);
             return RequestFirstLevelFolders(userID);
         }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Guid to UUID wrapper for same name IInventoryServices method
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="rawUserID"></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>        
+        public List<InventoryFolderBase> GetInventorySkeleton(Guid rawUserID)
+        {
+            LLUUID userID = new LLUUID(rawUserID);
+            return GetInventorySkeleton(userID);
+        }        
 
         // See IInventoryServices
         public List<InventoryFolderBase> RequestFirstLevelFolders(LLUUID userID)
@@ -112,7 +127,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications
         // See IInventoryServices
         public List<InventoryFolderBase> GetInventorySkeleton(LLUUID userId)
         {
-//            m_log.DebugFormat("[AGENT INVENTORY]: Getting inventory skeleton for {0}", userId);
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[AGENT INVENTORY]: Getting inventory skeleton for {0}", userId);
             
             List<InventoryFolderBase> userFolders = new List<InventoryFolderBase>();
             
@@ -173,7 +188,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.Communications
             
             if (null != existingRootFolder)
             {
-                m_log.ErrorFormat("[AGENTINVENTORY]: " +
+                m_log.ErrorFormat("[AGENT INVENTORY]: " +
                                   "Did not create a new inventory for user {0} since they already have "
                                   + "a root inventory folder with id {1}", user, existingRootFolder);
             }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/LoginService.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/LoginService.cs
index e738d0b54e..cbe8783ae9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/LoginService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Communications/LoginService.cs
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework.UserManagement
                     }
                     catch (Exception e)
                     {
-                        m_log.Info("[LOGIN]: Login failed, exception" + e.ToString());
+                        m_log.Info("[LOGIN]: Login failed, " + e.ToString());
                     }
                 }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/GridInventoryService.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/GridInventoryService.cs
index ea85d5f570..cfe06e8d84 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/GridInventoryService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/GridInventoryService.cs
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer
         {
             LLUUID userID = new LLUUID(rawUserID);
 
-            // We get enough verbose messages later on for diagnostics
-            //m_log.Info("[INVENTORY]: Request for inventory for " + userID.ToString());            
+            m_log.Info("[GRID INVENTORY]: Request for inventory of " + userID.ToString());            
 
             InventoryCollection invCollection = new InventoryCollection();
             List<InventoryFolderBase> folders;
@@ -120,6 +119,21 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer
                 invCollection.Folders = folders;
                 invCollection.UserID = userID;
             }
+            
+//            foreach (InventoryFolderBase folder in folders)
+//            {
+//                m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                    "[GRID INVENTORY]: Sending back folder {0}, {1}", 
+//                    folder.name, folder.folderID);
+//            }
+//            
+//            foreach (InventoryItemBase item in allItems)
+//            {
+//                m_log.DebugFormat(
+//                    "[GRID INVENTORY]: Sending back item {0}, {1}, folder {2}", 
+//                    item.inventoryName, item.inventoryID, item.parentFolderID);
+//            }
+                        
             return invCollection;
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs
index ea056a0591..009f3f1a24 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/InventoryServer/Main.cs
@@ -83,29 +83,32 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.InventoryServer
         protected void AddHttpHandlers()
         {
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<Guid, InventoryCollection>("POST", "/GetInventory/",
-                                                                      m_inventoryService.GetUserInventory));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<Guid, InventoryCollection>(
+                    "POST", "/GetInventory/", m_inventoryService.GetUserInventory));
+            
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<Guid, bool>("POST", "/CreateInventory/",
-                                                       m_inventoryService.CreateUsersInventory));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<Guid, bool>(
+                    "POST", "/CreateInventory/", m_inventoryService.CreateUsersInventory));
+            
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryFolderBase, bool>("POST", "/NewFolder/",
-                                                                      m_inventoryService.AddInventoryFolder));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryFolderBase, bool>(
+                    "POST", "/NewFolder/", m_inventoryService.AddInventoryFolder));
 
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryFolderBase, bool>("POST", "/MoveFolder/",
-                                                                      m_inventoryService.MoveInventoryFolder));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryFolderBase, bool>(
+                    "POST", "/MoveFolder/", m_inventoryService.MoveInventoryFolder));
 
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryItemBase, bool>("POST", "/NewItem/",
-                                                                    m_inventoryService.AddInventoryItem));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryItemBase, bool>(
+                    "POST", "/NewItem/", m_inventoryService.AddInventoryItem));
+            
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryItemBase, bool>("POST", "/DeleteItem/",
-                                                                    m_inventoryService.DeleteInvItem));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<InventoryItemBase, bool>(
+                    "POST", "/DeleteItem/", m_inventoryService.DeleteInvItem));
 
             m_httpServer.AddStreamHandler(
-                new RestDeserialisehandler<Guid, List<InventoryFolderBase>>("POST", "/RootFolders/",
-                                                                            m_inventoryService.RequestFirstLevelFolders));
+                new RestDeserialisehandler<Guid, List<InventoryFolderBase>>
+                    ("POST", "/RootFolders/", m_inventoryService.GetInventorySkeleton));
 
             // httpServer.AddStreamHandler(new InventoryManager.GetInventory(m_inventoryManager));
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/UserLoginService.cs b/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/UserLoginService.cs
index e95acac22c..6d3a081fc3 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/UserLoginService.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Grid/UserServer/UserLoginService.cs
@@ -323,6 +323,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Grid.UserServer
                 Hashtable TempHash;
                 foreach (InventoryFolderBase InvFolder in folders)
                 {
+//                    m_log.DebugFormat("[LOGIN]: Received agent inventory folder {0}", InvFolder.name);
+                    
                     if (InvFolder.parentID == LLUUID.Zero)
                     {
                         rootID = InvFolder.folderID;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/ClientView.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/ClientView.cs
index 971c2951a6..a8762e4b08 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/ClientView.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/ClientView.cs
@@ -1148,10 +1148,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack
         public void SendInventoryFolderDetails(LLUUID ownerID, LLUUID folderID, List<InventoryItemBase> items,
                                                List<InventoryFolderBase> folders,
                                                bool fetchFolders, bool fetchItems)
-        {
-            // XXX Very temporarily, always fetch the folders
-            fetchFolders = true;
-            
+        {            
             // An inventory descendents packet consists of a single agent section and an inventory details 
             // section for each inventory item.  The size of each inventory item is approximately 550 bytes.
             // In theory, UDP has a maximum packet size of 64k, so it should be possible to send descendent