Would like to mention that under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you would also see a black screen, especially if you apply that workaround (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libgoo-canvas-perl/+bug/1765726/comments/45) in order to get editing to work... At the same time e.g. under Linux Mint 19 MATE (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) all worked as expected.
Would like to mention that under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS you would also see a black screen, especially if you apply that workaround (https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ libgoo- canvas- perl/+bug/ 1765726/ comments/ 45) in order to get editing to work... At the same time e.g. under Linux Mint 19 MATE (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) all worked as expected.