nvidia-dkms-390 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build [cc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’]

[Dave Baumgartner]

Having trouble installing the NVIDIA driver as found in the synaptic package manager list.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04

It downloaded and tried to build, which failed. That is all I know.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: nvidia-dkms-390 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
DKMSKernelVersion: 4.15.0-36-generic
Date: Fri Oct 26 15:20:00 2018
DuplicateSignature: dkms:nvidia-dkms-390:390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1:cc: error: unrecognized command line option ‘-fstack-protector-strong’
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-04 (660 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
PackageVersion: 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: nvidia-graphics-drivers-390
Title: nvidia-dkms-390 390.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1: nvidia kernel module failed to build
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-21 (66 days ago)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1526155, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.