I've been messing alot with .xsession and .xinitrc lately, and from what
I can work out these are executed depending on how you use X (please
check manuals before relying on this information, as I may be wrong).
.xinitrc is supposed to be called when you start X from a terminal with
the "xinit" command, so it's likely to be ignored by a session manager.
.xsessionrc is supposed to be used by your session manager (xdm, gdm,
kdm or wdm). I believe xdm uses this file in preference to the
system-wide ones (/etc) if it exists. gdm, etc. have specific behaviour
i.e. whether you set the session when you login or tell it to use your
"default" session (.xsessionrc). They may even override it if you change
your "default" session (I'm not sure though), which could be your
.xsessionrc.
The man pages on xsession and xinit are interesting in this regard, and
I recommend looking at them (inc. those for gdm/kdm/xdm).
Regards
Chris
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