infinite pcf50633_irq messages , no X

[Zack Mollusc]

after opkg upgrade from ssh, i get the infinite irq error messages
scrolling away. I followed
http://www.mail-archive.com/support@lists.openmoko.org/msg00068.html but
to no effect. If i restart X I get the orange 'Openmoko please wait'
splash screen, then back to the scrolling irq errors.
As I am a clueless noob, is there something obvious i am missing? Like X
is running but i don't know how to switch focus to it? Or a way to not
display the error messages?
Is there a way to opkg downgrade to factory settings and start again?