I believe .xsession must be executable, though .xinitrc does not need to be executable.
-- Andrew On Mon, 29 May 2000, MH wrote: > > Hi Eric! > > \begin{pedantic} > Just a question about ".xsession": Isn't it a "rc"-file like ".xinitrc", > and therefore there is no need for a shell-script, neither for an > executable-bit? > \end{pedantic}