Linux Mint. Why can't I move my mouse pointer?

I installed Linux Mint on my laptop because I wanted to test the operating system. But now I notice that I can neither move the mouse pointer with my mouse nor with the touchpad. What could be the cause?

I may know the problem, because Linux is a very small but fine operating system, it may be that the necessary mouse drivers are not yet installed. Unfortunately, you can only fix this by either packing the drivers onto your data carrier and installing them when installing Linux (with Windows, but I'm not sure about Linux), or a USB / external hard drive with the drivers on it later install. (Both require a 2 PC. Look for the drivers for your mouse / touch from the Internet

I hope I could help you,

M.F.G Don.R

If you have any further questions, just ask.

The cause can be very different. Write your hardware into the question, then maybe we will get further…

All the necessary drivers are actually included with Linux Mint. Adding things to the ISO retrospectively is really difficult… Especially for beginners.

That's right, it just didn't have my necessary USB2 and mouse drivers on the bios

Maybe 20 years ago. But today everything is actually there. I haven't had any bad experiences with that.

The PC was so 20 years old maybe this is also the case with this model? And that I had a PC from a friend with a BIOS that is older than I had with me for the repair, I couldn't help but also wanted to help that this is nowadays it is already clear that the BIOS was incorrectly installed that sometimes can happen.

Nevertheless, I agree with you that this would be very unlikely but possible.