Alberto,

In this case EnvyNG yields a broken installation because when Compiz
loads (i.e., it uses 3D effects), you get a white screen instead of the
expected 3D effects.

After some digging, I found this to be because the fglrx kernel module
isn't loading.  The reason the kernel module isn't loading is because
there's no device stanza in xorg.conf which contains "fglrx".  If I
manually "insmod
/lib/modules/2.6.24-19-generic/IForgetTheExactPpathToTheEnvyNGVersionOf/fglrx.ko",
I get 3D effects as expected.  Note that I was careful to make sure that
I wasn't loading a remnant of the older "Hardware Drivers" installed
which is normally included in volatile/fglrx.ko.

I don't have this same problem with the "Hardware Drivers" method of
getting 3D effects.

Unfortunately, my original problem is experienced with either the EnvyNG
installed driver (I forget the exact version that ultimately got
installed) or the "Hardware Drivers" installed driver.  If I can find
some time soon, I'll report it on the ATI bugtracker.

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[fglrx] Using fglrx causes excessive hardware interrupts and an extremely slow 
system
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/206337
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