Index: orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c
===================================================================
--- orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c	(revision 27212)
+++ orte/mca/odls/base/odls_base_default_fns.c	(working copy)
@@ -2497,11 +2497,7 @@
                          ORTE_NAME_PRINT(ORTE_PROC_MY_NAME),
                         ORTE_NAME_PRINT(proc), (long)buffer.bytes_used));
     
-    if (0 > (rc = orte_rml.send_buffer(proc, &buffer, ORTE_RML_TAG_SYNC, 0))) {
-        ORTE_ERROR_LOG(rc);
-        OBJ_DESTRUCT(&buffer);
-        goto CLEANUP;
-    }            
+    orte_rml.send_buffer(proc, &buffer, ORTE_RML_TAG_SYNC, 0);            
     OBJ_DESTRUCT(&buffer);
     
     /* now check to see if everyone in this job has registered */
Index: orte/mca/routed/binomial/routed_binomial.c
===================================================================
--- orte/mca/routed/binomial/routed_binomial.c	(revision 27212)
+++ orte/mca/routed/binomial/routed_binomial.c	(working copy)
@@ -725,9 +725,9 @@
     if (!orte_finalizing &&
         NULL != lifeline &&
         OPAL_EQUAL == orte_util_compare_name_fields(ORTE_NS_CMP_ALL, route, lifeline)) {
-        opal_output(0, "%s routed:binomial: Connection to lifeline %s lost",
-                    ORTE_NAME_PRINT(ORTE_PROC_MY_NAME),
-                    ORTE_NAME_PRINT(lifeline));
+        opal_output_verbose(10, "%s routed:binomial: Connection to lifeline %s lost",
+                            ORTE_NAME_PRINT(ORTE_PROC_MY_NAME),
+                            ORTE_NAME_PRINT(lifeline));
         return ORTE_ERR_FATAL;
     }
 
Index: orte/orted/orted_main.c
===================================================================
--- orte/orted/orted_main.c	(revision 27212)
+++ orte/orted/orted_main.c	(working copy)
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 
 #include "orte/mca/errmgr/errmgr.h"
 #include "orte/mca/grpcomm/grpcomm.h"
+#include "orte/mca/rmaps/rmaps_types.h"
 #include "orte/mca/rml/rml.h"
 #include "orte/mca/rml/rml_types.h"
 #include "orte/mca/odls/odls.h"
@@ -547,7 +548,7 @@
     if (orted_globals.uri_pipe > 0) {
         orte_job_t *jdata;
         orte_proc_t *proc;
-        orte_node_t **nodes;
+        orte_node_t *node;
         orte_app_context_t *app;
         char *tmp, *nptr, *sysinfo;
         int rc;
@@ -576,8 +577,19 @@
              */
         }
         
-        nodes = (orte_node_t**)orte_node_pool->addr;
+        /* setup a map for the job - even though we won't
+         * actually map it, we need a map object so the
+         * nidmap (if the singleton should call comm_spawn)
+         * will be complete
+         */
+        jdata->map = OBJ_NEW(orte_job_map_t);
         
+        node = (orte_node_t*)opal_pointer_array_get_item(orte_node_pool, 0);
+        /* add the node to the map */
+        OBJ_RETAIN(node);
+        opal_pointer_array_add(jdata->map->nodes, node);
+        jdata->map->num_nodes = 1;
+
         /* setup a proc object for the singleton - since we
          * -must- be the HNP, and therefore we stored our
          * node on the global node pool, and since the singleton
@@ -588,8 +600,11 @@
         proc->name.vpid = 0;
         proc->state = ORTE_PROC_STATE_RUNNING;
         proc->app_idx = 0;
-        proc->node = nodes[0]; /* hnp node must be there */
-        OBJ_RETAIN(nodes[0]);  /* keep accounting straight */
+        proc->node = node;
+        proc->local_rank = 0;
+        proc->node_rank = 0;
+        OBJ_RETAIN(node);  /* keep accounting straight */
+        node->num_procs = 1;
         opal_pointer_array_add(jdata->procs, proc);
         jdata->num_procs = 1;
         
@@ -611,6 +626,27 @@
 
         /* cleanup */
         free(tmp);
+
+        /* since a singleton spawned us, we need to harvest
+         * any MCA params from the local environment so
+         * we can pass them along to any subsequent daemons
+         * we may start as the result of a comm_spawn
+         */
+        for (i=0; NULL != environ[i]; i++) {
+            if (0 == strncmp(environ[i], "OMPI_MCA", 8)) {
+                /* make a copy to manipulate */
+                sysinfo = strdup(environ[i]);
+                /* find the equal sign */
+                nptr = strchr(sysinfo, '=');
+                *nptr = '\0';
+                nptr++;
+                /* add the mca param to the orted cmd line */
+                opal_argv_append_nosize(&orted_cmd_line, "-mca");
+                opal_argv_append_nosize(&orted_cmd_line, &sysinfo[9]);
+                opal_argv_append_nosize(&orted_cmd_line, nptr);
+                free(sysinfo);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /* if we were given a pipe to monitor for singleton termination, set that up */