I was having the exact same problem described above with wiiero. I used the red button near the sd slot of the console and the red buttons in the battery area of the wiimotes to sync two wiimotes to the system. I had to redo it once, but after that the problem was solved. When I started homebrew, the second wiimote would turn off, or the lights would go dark, but once I pressed some buttons on itby gjstollb - Homebrew General