CWiid is a collection of Linux tools written in C for interfacing to the Nintendo Wiimote, including an event-based API, an event/mouse/joystick driver, and GUI/control panel. To start cwiid's wminput daemon on boot, edit /etc/rc.d/rc.cwiid.conf if needed (only needed if you have multiple wiimotes), then "chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/rc.cwiid", and add the following code to e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.cwiid ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.cwiid start fi