diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/PluginManager.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/PluginManager.cs
index 23d594598a..00263f514f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/PluginManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/PluginManager.cs
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
             // Attempt to install the plugin disabled
             if (Install(ps, pack) == true)
             {
+                MainConsole.Instance.Output("Ignore the following error...");
                 PluginRegistry.Update(ps);
                 Addin addin = PluginRegistry.GetAddin(aentry.Addin.Id);
                 PluginRegistry.DisableAddin(addin.Id);
@@ -479,6 +480,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Framework
                 ConsoleProgressStatus ps = new ConsoleProgressStatus(false);
                 if (!AddinManager.AddinEngine.IsAddinLoaded(addin.Id))
                 {
+                    MainConsole.Instance.Output("Ignore the following error...");
                     AddinManager.Registry.Rebuild(ps);
                     AddinManager.AddinEngine.LoadAddin(ps, addin.Id);
                 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
index 31b04465b6..d06d612a2d 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Server/Base/ServerUtils.cs
@@ -89,12 +89,39 @@ namespace OpenSim.Server.Base
             Config = config;
 
             Registry = new AddinRegistry(registryPath, ".");
+            suppress_console_output_(true);
             AddinManager.Initialize(registryPath);
+            suppress_console_output_(false);
             AddinManager.Registry.Update();
             CommandManager commandmanager = new CommandManager(Registry);
             AddinManager.AddExtensionNodeHandler("/Robust/Connector", OnExtensionChanged);
         }
 
+        private static TextWriter prev_console_;
+        // Temporarily masking the errors reported on start
+        // This is caused by a non-managed dll in the ./bin dir
+        // when the registry is initialized. The dll belongs to
+        // libomv, which has a hard-coded path to "." for pinvoke
+        // to load the openjpeg dll
+        //
+        // Will look for a way to fix, but for now this keeps the 
+        // confusion to a minimum. this was copied from our region
+        // plugin loader, we have been doing this in there for a long time.
+        //
+        public void suppress_console_output_(bool save)
+        {
+            if (save)
+            {
+                prev_console_ = System.Console.Out;
+                System.Console.SetOut(new StreamWriter(Stream.Null));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if (prev_console_ != null)
+                    System.Console.SetOut(prev_console_);
+            }
+        }
+
         private void OnExtensionChanged(object s, ExtensionNodeEventArgs args)
         {
             IRobustConnector connector = (IRobustConnector)args.ExtensionObject;