You should try "apt-get install gdm". gdm is the gnome equivalent of xdm.
Diego Biurrun "Steve R. Hastings" schrieb: > > I suspect that what I actually want here is to somehow replace the login > prompt I now have from xdm(1) with the Gnome login prompt. I am unsure > whether Gnome has a replacement for xdm or whether I need to modify the > behavior of xdm or what. Once I'm logged in via the Gnome login prompt, > Gnome should start up gnome-session and everything else.