diff -ur kdelibs-3.97.0/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodevice.cpp kdelibs-3.97.0-alsa-default-device/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodevice.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.97.0/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodevice.cpp	2007-11-20 23:02:30.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-3.97.0-alsa-default-device/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodevice.cpp	2008-01-04 16:23:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -349,6 +349,8 @@
     if (lines.size() > 1) {
         d->cardName = i18n("%1 (%2)", d->cardName, lines[1]);
     }
+    if (alsaDeviceName == "default")
+        d->initialPreference = 1000;
     if (alsaDeviceName.startsWith("front:") ||
             alsaDeviceName.startsWith("rear:") ||
             alsaDeviceName.startsWith("center_lfe:") ||
diff -ur kdelibs-3.97.0/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodeviceenumerator.cpp kdelibs-3.97.0-alsa-default-device/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodeviceenumerator.cpp
--- kdelibs-3.97.0/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodeviceenumerator.cpp	2007-11-27 18:17:14.000000000 +0100
+++ kdelibs-3.97.0-alsa-default-device/phonon/libkaudiodevicelist/audiodeviceenumerator.cpp	2008-01-04 16:23:04.000000000 +0100
@@ -188,6 +188,11 @@
     }
     snd_device_name_free_hint(hints);
 
+    DeviceHint defaultHint;
+    defaultHint.name = QString::fromLatin1("default");
+    defaultHint.description= QString::fromLatin1("ALSA Default Device");
+    deviceHints << defaultHint;
+
     snd_config_update_free_global();
     snd_config_update();
     Q_ASSERT(snd_config);