This issue is fixed for me.
Right click gnome-panel System menu; left click Edit Menus; left click
System on the menus list. Control Center now appears as an unchecked menu
option. Check this item and uncheck the Preferences and Administration
menus since they are redundant with Control Center.
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: gnome-control-center
gnome-control-center was available since 8.04 as a top level item when
editing the System menu - Unfortunately I have to run it from the
command line on Lucid Beta 1. This is a usability regression vs 9.10 and
8.04.
** Affects:
In Lucid Beta:
At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the
problem
Right click on gnome-panel-System menu
Select Edit Menus
Click on System menu
2. the behavior you expected, and
Items list used to show Preferences, Administration,
This bug is a superset of 551727 which specifically addressed the
missing Control Center menu item on the gnome-panel System menu. It
would obviously be best for this item to both exist and to be enabled by
default, but at least it should be an option.
Too bad the brainstorm idea about