Cannot install Nvidia drivers

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Published on 2012-05-04T14:13:30Z Indexed on 2013/11/02 10:13 UTC
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I have 12.04 running on Intel dual core with Nvidia 8400 GS. I had installed the post-relase updates for Nvidia, but encountered some problems, so removed [deactivated] them through "Aditional drivers".

After restarting, when I went to install the recommended version current drivers through "Additional drivers", I get the following error:

Sorry, installation of this driver failed.

Please have a look at the log file for details: /var/log/jockey.log

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