--- kdebase-3.5.7/kioslave/media/mediamanager/halbackend.cpp~	2007-07-17 14:58:45 +0400
+++ kdebase-3.5.7/kioslave/media/mediamanager/halbackend.cpp	2007-07-17 15:01:18 +0400
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "linuxcdpolling.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <langinfo.h>
 
 #include <kapplication.h>
 #include <qeventloop.h>
@@ -901,7 +902,8 @@ QStringList HALBackend::mountoptions(con
 
     if (valids.contains("utf8"))
     {
-        value = config.readBoolEntry("utf8", true);
+	bool def_utf8 = "utf8" == QString(nl_langinfo(CODESET)).lower().replace("-","");
+        value = config.readBoolEntry("utf8", def_utf8);
         tmp = QString("utf8=%1").arg(value ? "true" : "false");
         result << tmp;
     }