No place to input when starting Gnome

[Terrence van Ettinger <nowindows@terrencevak.net>]

Hello, all,
	I'm trying to set gnome up on my computer, and am having
problems with it.  When I start up, I get the login screen.  I log in,
	and then all I get is what looks like a window full of log data,
	and no mouse capability (though I *did* get that on *one*
	attempt).  I have the following .xinitrc file in the home
	directory of the user that I log in with:
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#!/bin/sh
xrdb -load .Xdefaults
 emacspeak &
exec gnome-session
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	Am I still missing something?

Thanks,
Terrence