google-gemini
Extreme lag when gemini (3) writes files
What happened?
Gemini 3 lags so hard i mostly need to kll my terminal when it writes to files OS: Debian 13 GNU/linux Kernel: liquorix 6.17-8
What did you expect to happen?
no lag
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Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.
> /about
# paste output here
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Anything else we need to know?
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Hi @compiledkernel-idk , Thanks for reporting this. To help the team narrow down what’s causing such a severe lockup on Debian 13, could you provide a bit more detail on the file operations that triggered the lag?
Specifically, it would be very helpful to know:
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File Size: Approximately how large were the files Gemini was attempting to write to (e.g., a few KB, several MB)?
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Modification Type: Was it a full file rewrite, an append, or a specific line-by-line edit?
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Tool/Command: Which tool was the CLI using at the time (e.g., write_file, replace_lines, or a custom shell command)?
Additionally, since you are using the Liquorix kernel, it would be interesting to know if the issue persists on the standard Debian stable kernel, as Liquorix's high-frequency tuning can sometimes interact uniquely with high-I/O terminal processes.
Hi @galz10 The files were exactly 560KB it added about 400 lines with write_file