need wdm help

[James Miller <jamtat@mailsnare.net>]

Debian unstable system.  I've been using Gnome on it and the 2.6.10 
kernel.  The system is getting sluggish, so I want to trim back on 
resource usage.  I'll probably remove Gnome soon and go with some 
lightweight window manager like fluxbox.  For a display manager I've been 
using xdm because it is lightweight.  It's also no very featureful and, so 
far as I can see, does not allow selection between window managers (e.g., 
via a menu).  I'm trying to move to wdm therefore, during the interim 
while moving away from Gnome.  Seems like it could give me the option of 
booting into either Gnome or Fluxbox via a menu.  I've actually used a 
system before that had such a wdm menu.  So, I've apt-get(ted) wdm.  But 
at the login window, I get no menu.  Furthermore, when I go to login, it 
simply boots me back to the login window.  I've looked at man pages and 
done some web searching, but whatever the solution is eludes me.  I 
believe I tried wdm earlier and had the same problem, so I abandoned it. 
Something is apparently misconfigured, but I am unable to determine what 
and how to fix it.  Could someone please offer some assistance on getting 
wdm to: 1) give me a menu of choices for window managers to boot to; and 
2) get the window managers to come up rather than having it take me back 
to the wdm login window?  Input will be appreciated.

Thanks, James
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