diff -purN xfce4-session-4.4.2/xfce4-session/xfsm-manager.c
xfce4-session-4.4.2.new/xfce4-session/xfsm-manager.c
--- xfce4-session-4.4.2/xfce4-session/xfsm-manager.c	2007-11-17 11:31:07.000000000
-0800
+++ xfce4-session-4.4.2.new/xfce4-session/xfsm-manager.c	2008-07-26
08:58:18.000000000 -0700
@@ -454,7 +454,9 @@ xfsm_manager_startup_continue (const gch
         return;
     }
 
-  startup_done = xfsm_startup_continue (previous_id);
+  startup_done = FALSE;
+  while (!startup_done)
+    startup_done = xfsm_startup_continue (previous_id);
 
   if (startup_done)
     {
diff -purN xfce4-session-4.4.2/xfce4-session/xfsm-startup.c
xfce4-session-4.4.2.new/xfce4-session/xfsm-startup.c
--- xfce4-session-4.4.2/xfce4-session/xfsm-startup.c	2007-11-17 11:31:07.000000000
-0800
+++ xfce4-session-4.4.2.new/xfce4-session/xfsm-startup.c	2008-07-25
23:30:57.000000000 -0700
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ xfsm_startup_autostart_xdg (void)
           terminal = xfce_rc_read_bool_entry (rc, "Terminal", FALSE);
 
           /* try to launch the command */
-          if (!xfce_exec (exec, terminal, startup_notify, &error))
+          if (!xfce_exec (exec, terminal, 0, &error))
             {
               g_warning ("Unable to launch \"%s\" (specified by %s): %s", exec,
files[n], error->message);
               g_error_free (error);