pal won't work

[Pedro Gouveia]

Binary package hint: s3switch

i've PAL, and i can't get it to work.. i only get my tv on black & white... when i do:

Code:

s3switch tv pal

the output is this:
Code:

$~/devel/tv$ sudo s3switch tv pal
vm86() failed
return = 0x1
eax = 0x00005fbd
ebx = 0xffff0808
ecx = 0x00000000
edx = 0x0000000c
esi = 0x00000000
edi = 0x00000000
ebp = 0x00000fd4
eip = 0x0000c25b
cs = 0xf000
esp = 0x00000fbc
ss = 0x1000
ds = 0x0000
es = 0x0000
fs = 0x0000
gs = 0x0000
eflags = 0x000b3246
cs:ip = [ e6 70 e6 ed e4 71 c3 53 b7 00 eb 08 53 b7 01 eb ]
Could not set TV state (vm86 failure)
Devices attached: CRT LCD TV
Devices active: CRT LCD TV
Current TV format is NTSC

---> Current TV format is NTSC WHAAAAAY? :'(

do i need to change anything in xorg.conf cause i've put:
Option "TVStandard" "PAL"
and on Xorg.log:
(WW) SAVAGE(0): Option "TVStandard" is not used
i've changed my bios from NTSC to PAL.. but it's the same... :\

plz.. help..