Problem is still present in oneiric.
$ man 5 Xsession | grep '\.Xsession' are searched for: $HOME/.xsession and $HOME/.Xsession (note the $ ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/806120 Title: ~/.xsession does not get run but Xsession(5) still says it does To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/806120/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs