Orion doesn't respond to keyboard after startup

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to get Orion working, and I'm running into a problem
that I haven't been able to resolve through Googling.

I'm able to compile and install orion, and I've edited my .xsession
file to start it up.  When I start X using this .xsession file, I
(eventually) see a title bar that says "<empty frame>" at the top of
the screen.  None of the default keys (or indeed, any keys) seem to
produce any effect whatsoever - I can't start a program or add
workspaces or in any way get Orion to acknowledge my existence. :)

Has anyone else encountered this sort of problem, or is there some
sort of obvious error that I'm making?

Thanks very much,
      James
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James Wright
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