GNUstep.sh with graphical login

[James Jordan]

I have beating my head against the wall for a week and I cannot get GNUstep.sh 
to run so that I can use GNUstep apps from WindowMaker.  If I open a terminal 
and run . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh then I can run 
GNUstep apps from that terminal but as soon as I close it I cannot.

I have tried:
1 symlinking /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh to 
/etc/profile.d/GNUstep.sh
2 symlinking /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh to 
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/70GNUstep.sh
3 Placing . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my 
~/.xsessionrc 
4 Placing /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my ~/.xsessionrc
5 Placing /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GSXboot.sh in my ~/.xsessionrc 
6 Placing . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my ~/.xinitrc
7 Placing /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my ~/.xinitrc
8 Placing /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GSXboot.sh in my ~/.xinitrc
9 making my ~/.xsessionrc executable
10 making my ~/.xsessionrc not executable
11 making my ~/.xinitrc executable
12 making my ~/.xinitrc not executable
13 Placing . /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my WindowMaker 
autostart
14 Placing /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my WindowMaker 
autostart
15 Placing /usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GSXBoot.sh in my WindowMaker 
autostart

If I use startx from the cli with . 
/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my ~/.xsessionrc  
everything works

If I use xinit from the cli with . 
/usr/GNUstep/System/Library/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh in my ~/.xinitrc everything 
works

I have tried GDM, XDM and WDM, I really want to use WDM, I really do not want 
to have to log in from the command line.

I know this is possible becasue if I install the (rather old) .debs from 
Ubuntu's repositories then I can run the apps.  I have even set up another 
computer with GNUstep from the Repos to see if I could figure out how they are 
doing it but after more than 100 hours of beating my head against this wall I 
just cannot figure this out.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  -j