running firstboot --reconfig gives me the following: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/firstboot/firstbootWindow.py", line 497, in loadModules result = module.launch() File "/usr/share/firstboot/modules/timezone.py", line 74, in launch self.setupScreen() File "/usr/share/firstboot/modules/timezone.py", line 52, in setupScreen self.timezoneWindow = scdMainWindow.scdMainWindow (firstboot = True, showPages = ["timezone"]) File "/usr/share/system-config-date/scdMainWindow.py", line 266, in __init__ self.datePage = date_gui.datePage (self.dateBackend, self.xml) File "/usr/share/system-config-date/date_gui.py", line 65, in __init__ self.cal.select_month(times[1]-1, times[0]) AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'select_month' Since there is a problem with the Timezone module, Red Hat Setup Agent will not load this module and will attempt to run the remaining modules. Please file a bug against 'firstboot' in the Red Hat bug tracking system at http://www.redhat.com/bugzilla. A copy of the debug output has been saved to /root/firstboot.1190224261.15 Be sure to attach that file to the bug report.
This seems to be a firstboot-specific problem. "All is well" when running /usr/share/system-config-date/system-config-date.py directly (and I haven't done anything to the calendar widget in ages).
Fixed stupid code in scdMainWindow.py that removed the widget along with parents, system-config-date-1.9.11-1.fc8 is building right now.
*** Bug 241325 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***