.xmodmap and .Xsession are ignored

[Renee Klawitter <klawitter@email.de>]

Hi!
I'm running debian-unstable, using gdm ( configured for use with XDMCP ). I have changed to ion3 four days ago, coming from gnome. In ion3 you have to do things like starting apps on X session startup yourself, so I put:

exec "feh .. " in my ~/.Xsession but I won't start. In addendum, neither .xmodmap nor .Xrecources are heeded. If I do a xrdb -merge ~/.Xrecources it works like intended to.

Any suggestions ??

Many thanks in advance, Renee!

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