diff -ruNp a/xrdp-HEAD-a9cfc23/sesman/startwm.sh b/xrdp-HEAD-a9cfc23/sesman/startwm.sh
--- a/xrdp-HEAD-a9cfc23/sesman/startwm.sh	2010-11-04 13:52:27.000000000 -0200
+++ b/xrdp-HEAD-a9cfc23/sesman/startwm.sh	2010-11-18 01:08:01.275689981 -0200
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# if xinitrc exists use it instead, it should load user prefferences
+# including desktop environment specified in /etc/sysconfig/desktop
+if [ -f /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc ]
+then
+    . /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
+    exit 0
+fi
+
 #start the window manager
 wm_start()
 {