One small thing...

[Philip Dean]

> > > Just some questions.
> > 
> > I have the same problem here. Even when startxfce4 seems to look at
> > ~/.xfce/xinitrc, it is not executed. Any tip?
> 
> Is ~/.xfce4/xinitrc marked executable?
> 
> Benedikt

No, but neither is /usr/local/etc/xfce4/xinitrc and it was correctly being used prior to using the session manager.  I can try changing it and seeing if it gets me any where.

Philip Dean