speedcontrol is a console app to change the rotation speed of dvd-rom drives, to for example make them quieter while watching a dvd movie. Usage: Speedcontrol -x1 /dev/sr0 This will set the rotation speed of /dev/sr0 to 1x (-x0 will reset to original speed). speedcontrol will only work as root, even though it displays "OK" when run as normal user (it will simply not work)