iMac 10,1 running Linux Mint 21.2 - mouse cursor vanishes in browser

[DCBassman]

Don't recall this problem in Mint 21.1, so will revert and try, then try MX Linux if it fails.
Anyone else noticed this?

 

[DCBassman]

Reverted to 21.1, still a problem. Change altogether to MX Linux, same. Antix - it works!
But why?
Mint worked perfectly until about 2 weeks ago, so this has me stumped.

 

[bigmike1954]

Hello, I'm Mike and I recently installed Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 Beta2 on a 2009 iMac10 with an Intel Duo E7600 3.059GHz CPU. Before that, I installed Linux Mint 21.3. I was also experiencing the same problem with loosing the desktop cursor after about 20 minutes of use. After reading many, many posts of possible options to correct this problem, I ended up doing the following and so far it has been working. In the settings menu, I disabled the touch pad settings. Since this is a desktop, why would it need to be enabled. Next, I totally removed 2 apps from the Synaptic Package Manager, 1. intel-microcode i.e. Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs. 2. iucode-tool i.e. Intel Processor microcode tool. Once this was done, I rebooted. I can't tell you why being a newbie with iMacs and Linux but, it works. I hope it will work for you. Mike

 

[DCBassman]

Hello, I'm Mike and I recently installed Linux Mint Debian Edition 6 Beta2 on a 2009 iMac10 with an Intel Duo E7600 3.059GHz CPU. Before that, I installed Linux Mint 21.3. I was also experiencing the same problem with loosing the desktop cursor after about 20 minutes of use. After reading many, many posts of possible options to correct this problem, I ended up doing the following and so far it has been working. In the settings menu, I disabled the touch pad settings. Since this is a desktop, why would it need to be enabled. Next, I totally removed 2 apps from the Synaptic Package Manager, 1. intel-microcode i.e. Processor microcode firmware for Intel CPUs. 2. iucode-tool i.e. Intel Processor microcode tool. Once this was done, I rebooted. I can't tell you why being a newbie with iMacs and Linux but, it works. I hope it will work for you. Mike

Thanks Mike, will give that a go when back on Mint. Like you, I looked extensively, but didn't happen acthat particular solution.

 

[mortlocli]

I've been using MX 23.1 for weeks now without that issue..though running from a 32 GB USB stick...on an iMac 10,1
Solved the issue of getting the fans working faster using mbpfan..so the GPU remains less than 60C..when watching YouTube movies..with slight fan noise.