[PROBLEM] [1.0RC3] SSH broken, "starting... XBMC" endless loop

[dafhus]

I upgraded and added the repository according to the FAQ

Quote:[All Platforms] The APT repository at xbian.brantje.com seems to be unreachable

To fix the problem, you need to manually replace the APT repository. [...]

Code:

sudo sed -i 's/xbian.brantje.com/apt.xbian.org/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/xbian.list
sudo sed -i 's/xbian.brantje.com/apt.xbian.org/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update -f

But during apt-get upgrade, I had a electricity cut in the house... Bad luck :-(
Now I can not access the rPi via SSH (verbose output):

Code:

ssh -vvvv xbian@192.168.0.29
OpenSSH_6.2p2, OSSLShim 0.9.8r 8 Dec 2011
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 20: Applying options for *
debug1: /etc/ssh_config line 102: Applying options for *
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.0.29 [192.168.0.29] port 22.
debug1: connect to address 192.168.0.29 port 22: Connection refused
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.29 port 22: Connection refused

And the xbian is stuck at "starting xbmc..." in endless loop. Other running services run fine when accessing via web browser (Transmission, Couchpotato).

I have a backup file somewhere and don't want to start over. What should I do to repair the SSH access?