so i try manually starting the x server with:

[arne anka]

> thanks! I was at the boot menu and tried dfu, thus:
> harry at galaxy:~$ .//dfu-util -l
> dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc.
> This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
>
> harry at galaxy:~$
>
> which does not look encouraging.

not quite, no.
what returns
lsusb
?

ps: did you try it as root?