diff --git a/sesman/startwm.sh b/sesman/startwm.sh
index d38b6d14..0724bb76 100755
--- a/sesman/startwm.sh
+++ b/sesman/startwm.sh
@@ -4,3 +4,23 @@ if [ -r /etc/default/locale ]; then
   export LANG LANGUAGE
 fi
 . /etc/X11/Xsession
+
+# debian
+if [ -r /etc/X11/Xsession ]; then
+  . /etc/X11/Xsession
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# el
+if [ -r /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession ]; then
+  . /etc/X11/xinit/Xsession
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# suse
+if [ -r /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession ]; then
+  . /etc/X11/xdm/Xsession
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+xterm