diff --git a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/MultiCoreExampleTestBase.java b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/MultiCoreExampleTestBase.java
index f409958d1f6..ec38e5c4ad3 100644
--- a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/MultiCoreExampleTestBase.java
+++ b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/MultiCoreExampleTestBase.java
@@ -86,10 +86,12 @@ public abstract class MultiCoreExampleTestBase extends SolrExampleTestBase
 
     // You can't add it to core1
     try {
+      ignoreException("unknown field");
       up.process( getSolrCore1() );
       fail( "Can't add core0 field to core1!" );
     }
     catch( Exception ex ) {}
+    resetExceptionIgnores();
 
     // Add to core1
     doc.setField( "id", "BBB" );
@@ -100,10 +102,12 @@ public abstract class MultiCoreExampleTestBase extends SolrExampleTestBase
 
     // You can't add it to core1
     try {
+      ignoreException("unknown field");
       up.process( getSolrCore0() );
       fail( "Can't add core1 field to core0!" );
     }
     catch( Exception ex ) {}
+    resetExceptionIgnores();
     
     // now Make sure AAA is in 0 and BBB in 1
     SolrQuery q = new SolrQuery();
diff --git a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/BadIndexSchemaTest.java b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/BadIndexSchemaTest.java
index 665ea8be057..4ed36224a7c 100644
--- a/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/BadIndexSchemaTest.java
+++ b/solr/src/test/org/apache/solr/schema/BadIndexSchemaTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ public class BadIndexSchemaTest extends AbstractSolrTestCase {
 
   @Override 
   public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    ignoreException("_twice");
+    ignoreException("ftAgain");
+    ignoreException("fAgain");
+
     super.setUp();
   }
   
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ public class BadIndexSchemaTest extends AbstractSolrTestCase {
     IndexSchema schema = core.getSchema();
 
     for( Throwable t : SolrConfig.severeErrors ) {
-      log.error( "ERROR:"+t.getMessage() );
+      log.info( "got ex:"+t.getMessage() );
     }
     
     assertEquals( 3, SolrConfig.severeErrors.size() );