Yosemite Preference Panes Sidebars not clickable

Hallo,
I've just upgraded my macbook pro (13-inch, Mid 2009) to Yosemite, and have the following issue:
When I go to System Preferences, and I visit a pref pane with a sidebar,
(see "Security & Privacy" or "Accessibility" for instance) I cannot click
menu items other than the currently selected one.
As a workaround I have to search for the desired resource in the search box,
then when I hit enter the menu item gets focused, but still the other are not clickable.
Does anyone have the same issue?
Any kind of hint is warmly appreciated!
Cheers,
Andrea

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Path: /usr/libexec/locationd
Identifier: locationd
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