[Savage40] s3switch & prosavage8 [KM266/KL266]

[Daniel Lindenaar]

Hi everybody,
Since a few months i've switched to using linux only on my laptop. The 
only thing that doesn't work for me is the s3switch utility. it reports 
that all connections are enabled (CRT,LCD and TV), but there is no 
output at the tv connector. Switching to, for example, LCD only, blanks 
the screen and prints:
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daniel at s465417:~/s3switch$ ./s3switch lcd
vm86() failed
return = 0x1
eax = 0x00003e02
ebx = 0xc0000000
ecx = 0x00000007
edx = 0x00006a99
esi = 0x00006a84
edi = 0x00006aa9
ebp = 0x00000fc4
eip = 0x00006931
cs  = 0xc000
esp = 0x00000f62
ss  = 0x1000
ds  = 0x0000
es  = 0x0000
fs  = 0x0000
gs  = 0x0000
eflags  = 0x000b3246
cs:ip = [ e6 eb e2 fc a8 01 75 03 e8 15 00 9d 5f 5e 5a 59 ]
Could not set device (vm86 failure)
Devices attached:  CRT LCD TV
Devices active:    CRT LCD TV
Current TV format is NTSC-J
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What is going on?
has anybody seen this before?
what to do about it?

to the author: great work; the driver works flawlessly, accelerated and all!

greets Daniel