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In kernel 3.1 the drive for the wiimote was added. Since 3.2 I ask, can I connect the wiimote and simply have access to it or do I need to install a program for it or something additional for it.

Jorge Castro
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Luis Alvarado
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  • apparently you need a whole bunch of extra stuff - feel free to use this to create an answer Luis! https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XWiimote – fossfreedom Mar 03 '12 at 23:01
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    Thanks for the direct info. I will make the guide since tomorrow I will be buying one. – Luis Alvarado Mar 03 '12 at 23:21

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Have you tried WiiCan

Download .deb http://www.getdeb.net/software/wiican I know it was released for Natty

Here is the launchpad info https://launchpad.net/wiican

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fontanon/wiican

Evidentially it does a good job 

Discover if it’s an available bluetooth device for connect wiimote
Display a list of available keyboard-mouse-wiimote mappings
User-defined mappings creation assistant
Mappings manager:

    New/Edit/Delete
    Up/Down order
    Visible/Invisible


Notify the state of wiimote usaging:

    Bluetooth available/unavailable
    Discovering wiimote
    Wiimote disconnected

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  • Thanks BlueXrider, but since a couple of changes where made for the Wii on the kernel I wanted to know how this will be handle in 12.04 and future versions. – Luis Alvarado Mar 03 '12 at 23:37
  • It just works. (Wiican on Ubuntu 12.04) – Jan D. May 22 '12 at 18:29
  • The ppa mentioned only supports karmic. http://ppa.launchpad.net/fontanon/wiican/ubuntu/dists/ – Tim Abell Oct 14 '12 at 12:40
  • Apparently packaging has been "In progress" since 2009. I guess nobody cares about this. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/501567 :( – Tim Abell Oct 14 '12 at 12:59
  • For anyone else who hadn't heard of getdeb, you can't just click the getdeb link, you first have to go to http://www.getdeb.net/ and install getdeb on your system, then refresh the package cache (`sudo apt-get update`). Otherwise you just get a not found message from software centre. – Tim Abell Oct 14 '12 at 13:46
  • @TimAbell Where did you find the PPA? I couldn't find it on their launchpad site. https://launchpad.net/wiican – jumpnett Oct 19 '12 at 05:30
  • @jumpnett I didn't, I used getdeb instead as I mentioned. http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/12.04#how_to_install then http://www.getdeb.net/software/wiican – Tim Abell Mar 09 '13 at 22:55