diff -p -up gnome-control-center-2.23.90/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c.nonutf8 gnome-control-center-2.23.90/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c
--- gnome-control-center-2.23.90/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c.nonutf8	2008-09-11 16:16:16.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-control-center-2.23.90/capplets/about-me/gnome-about-me.c	2008-09-11 16:25:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -1107,7 +1107,7 @@ about_me_setup_dialog (void)
 	}
 
 	me->login = g_strdup (g_get_user_name ());
-	me->username = g_strdup (g_get_real_name ());
+	me->username = g_locale_to_utf8 (g_get_real_name (), -1, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
 	/* Contact Tab */
 	about_me_load_photo (me, me->contact);