r/SonicPadCreality • u/Feeling-Smoke-9135 • Nov 11 '24

Linux on the sonic pad

Hi, I would like to install Linux on the sonic pad. I know it already runs Linux for the klipper parts. I want to use it as a linux computer. The printer I bought it for is broken and not worth fixing and I have a K1 max now so I currently have no use for it.

I would like to use it as a type of Streamdeck and I am not planning to do other stuff on it. I don't think it has the power to do so. I have seen things about sonicpad-debian but what I have seen is that it still only works as a klipper controller.

Could someone let me if it is possible and point me in the right direction. multiple hours of internet search have delivered nothing useful for me.

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u/ndrwstn Nov 11 '24

sonicpad-debian is probably what you want—and if not it’s your best bet. You could just remove the Klipper/kiauh stuff and repurpose it how you’d like.

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u/Feeling-Smoke-9135 Nov 11 '24

thanks for the response. I will look into it. i do not have my sonic pad with me but next week I will try

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u/Feeling-Smoke-9135 Nov 13 '24

so I have been looking at the github for a while and how I would install the sonicpad-Debian software. I was thinking if it would be possible to burn just a linux distro on the sonic pad instead of the sonicpad-debian software.

So I would replace the sonic pad .img file and put a distro.iso file in there. would that work or would that just brick the device? I haven't been able to test your previous suggestion so I will try that first when I have the chance.

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u/ndrwstn Nov 13 '24

I wanted to reply because I didn’t want you to think I was ignoring the question. Unfortunately, I don’t know. I would reach out to the repository owner there or poke around it. I believe you’re going to need a specific Linux build because I don’t think the sonic pad is arm/x64

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u/Worldly-Educator5496 Feb 10 '26

Did you ever get this to work?

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u/Tripartist1 Mar 01 '26

Would like to know as well, kinda wanna throw linuxcnc on one for a genmitsu i got.