ref: http://forthewiin.org/ http://doc.ubuntu-fr.org/wiimote For Ubuntu 7.04 1. sudo apt-get install autoconf autotools-dev libbluetooth2-dev libgtk2.0-dev mouseemu bison flex gawk 2. create cwiid packages and install them in /etc/apt/sources.list, add deb-src http://free.nchc.org.tw/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted universe multiverse sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get build-dep cwiid sudo apt-get source cwiid cd cwiid-0.5.03+svn20070508/ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot cd .. dpkg -i *.deb 3. sudo modprobe uinput (better to put it in /etc/modules) and /etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules # Steven added: KERNEL=="uinput", MODE="0666" 4. and we can find the Bluetooth peripherals address by: sudo hidd --search 5. To use it as a mouse: wminput -c acc_ptr 00:19:FD:50:B5:24 Then press 1 and 2 simultaneously in wiimote 6. /etc/X11/xorg.conf add: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Wiimote" Driver "evdev" Option "Name" "Nintendo Wiimote" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" InputDevice "Wiimote" "AlwaysCore" <------ EndSection