# Remmina v1.4.40

- Product: Remmina (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/remmina)
- Vendor: Remmina
- Date: 2025-04-08
- Version: v1.4.40
- Original notes: https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/releases/v1.4.40
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/remmina/releases/v1.4.40

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- **fixed** — Fix invalid free causing crash with sending keystrokes and clipboard contents
- **fixed** — Fix SEGV when removing a non-existent connection
- **changed** — Adjust floating toolbar to take up less space
- **fixed** — Fix issue with multimonitor configuration needed for FreeRDP versions after 3.10.x
- **added** — Add option to allow ssh-rsa keys to be used for ssh connections
- **fixed** — Only set the max width and height to full monitor if using multimonitor
- **fixed** — Fix issue with RDP scaling on connect
- **added** — Add option to force multimonitor mode
- **added** — Add options to start connections in fullscreen mode and/or with dynamic resolution enabled for protocols that support the options
- **fixed** — Allow empty passwords to be passed to FreeRDP
- **added** — Allow import/export of ssh tunnel settings
- **changed** — Hide local cursor when showing remote cursor

**ATTENTION New dependencies introduced with v1.4.35 onwards!**

* libcurl4-openssl-dev and libssl-dev (>=3.0.0) are now build dependencies
* appindicator or ayatana-appindicator is now optional, -DHAVE_LIBAPPINDICATOR=OFF will disable the Remmina system tray icon.
* -DWITH_PYTHONLIBS=ON is required for the Python plugin (python3-dev/devel required to build)
* pyhoca-cli is needed for the X2Go plugin, -DWITH_X2GO=ON
* NX, XDMCP and ST have been removed.
* Use -DWITH_FREERDP3=ON if you want to use the newest FreeRDP version
* libsodium is needed to build Remmina.
* webkit2gtk3 is needed to build the WWW plugin.
* -DWITH_KF5WALLET=ON is a new config option required for the KWallet plugin (and the required kf5wallet libraries to build it).
* News can be turned off with -DWITH_NEWS=OFF
* Stats can be turned off with -DWITH_STATS=OFF
* TIPS can be turned off with -DWITH_TIPS=OFF
* gtk-vnc is needed for the VNC plugin for GNOME and KVM, -DWITH_GVNC=ON

##### List of changes
* [REM-3270] Fix invalid free causing crash with sending keystrokes and clipboard contents [!2631](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2631) *@myheroyuki*
* Fix SEGV when removing a non-exitend connection  [!2632](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2632) *@sylv-io*
* [REM-3282] Adjust floating toolbar to take up less space [!2633](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2633) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3285] Fix issue with multimonitor configuration needed for FreeRDP versions after 3.10.x  [!2634](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2634) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3286] Add option to allow ssh-rsa keys to be used for ssh connections  [!2635](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2635) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3285] Only set the max width and height to full monitor if using multimonitor [!2636](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2636) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3285] Fix typo [!2637](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2637) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3285] Revert calls back to uint [!2638](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2638) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3295] Fix issue with RDP scaling on connect [!2639](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2639) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3301] Add option to force multimonitor mode [!2640](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2640) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3314] Added the options to start connections in fullscreen mode and/or with dynamic resolution enabled for protocols that support the options [!2641](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2641) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3316]  Allow empty passwords to be passed to FreeRDP [!2642](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2642) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3289]  Allow import/export of ssh tunnel settings [!2643](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2643) *@myheroyuki*
* [REM-3333]  hide local cursor when showing remote cursor [!2647](https://gitlab.com/Remmina/Remmina/-/merge_requests/2644) *@myheroyuki*