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GustavoLeonhart

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Registered: 2024-03-10

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How to Enable the Hid-Wiimote Module?

hello world, so, like the wiki says:

Prerequisites

Bluetooth
xwiimoteAUR
xwiimote kernel driver
Wii Remote hardware

The most important software required is Bluetooth, please make sure you have read the wiki page about it and you have configured it before proceeding.

The user-space utilities are available as the xwiimoteAUR package.

The kernel driver (module hid-wiimote) is part of upstream Linux since version 3.1 and it is ever since already included in Arch Linux kernel. However, the module could need to be loaded:

# modprobe hid-wiimote

Lastly you will need a Wii Remote, this can include (although, are not required) the Nunchuk and Classic Controller attachments.

1.1 hid-wiimote kernel module

If you are using a custom kernel, you can enable the hid-wiimote module with CONFIG_HID_WIIMOTE and the dependencies CONFIG_INPUT_FF_MEMLESS, CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS, CONFIG_POWER_SUPPLY and CONFIG_BT_HIDP embedded in your kernel or as modules, previously loaded. Starting with kernel version 3.3, there is an additional configuration option CONFIG_HID_WIIMOTE_EXT which is enabled by default. It controls whether wiimote extensions like Nunchuck and Classic Controller should be supported.

i did everything and now i'm stuck, because i think i'm missing a hid-wiimote kernel module... I investigated the the file kconfig at "/usr/src/linux/" and didn't found a "CONFIG_HID_WIIMOTE" section there, so this means i'll have to add this section there on kconfig manually? how to do this? i wanna use my Wiimote on Arch Linux, i checked that my bluetooth is working fine because i just tested my soundbox