[eluser]gtech[/eluser]
[strike]
I havn't a clue, it works for me on 1.6.1 when I autoload it.. maybee this is what I would try if I was in your shoes:
Turn on logging threashold, to the highest setting in the config, see if there are any log meesages being produced in the log files, it may higlight an error when loading.
try autoloading session by adding it into the autoload config instead of loading it in the controller, then swap it around see if one or the other works, then let us know how you get on, unless anyone has come across this before.
[/strike]
[edit]
ah hang on I see you started another thread, nice catch by the way.
[url="http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/79175/"]http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/79175/[/url]
[/edit]