Question on .xinitrc and .xsession

[Bliss, Aaron]

It seems that RedHat ES (at least version 4) is ignoring my .xsession
file; .xsession file is very simple:
I've verified that I don't have a .Xclients nor a .Xclients-default file
(I'm pretty sure using switchdesk would create these); any ideas?  P.S.
I wouldn't be against using switchdesk, I just can't figure how to run
commands after logging into the desktop other than by using .xsession at
init 5; also, I've verified that my .xinitrc works great when running at
init 3.  Thanks again.

Aaron

#!/bin/bash

xterm &
startkde

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