[damien c]

i have installed ubuntu 8.10 last night but because of my monitor or graphics, cards i can't see anything other than a thin white line at the top of the screen and the bottom.

i can't access any buttons or programs and i need to change the resolution of the screen, which this is where i need the help does anyone know how i could do this.

i have downloaded the lastest nvidia drivers for linux 64bit but when i try running them i get the message that they need to run as root, when i try running in a terminal when i click just on th erun button it does nothing.

thanks in advance