This is probably due to permissions. uinput can listen and inject
keystrokes, so by default it's restricted to root.
The manpage has a few suggestions on how to work around this; try "sudo
wminput" and see if it still errors out.
If sudo fails, can you attach the output of "lsmod"?
** Changed in: cwiid (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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CWiid Version 0.6.00 unable to open uinput
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/312957
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