<SOLVED>IDE 2.0.0-rc2 problem with serial monitor and ESP32-CAM

[ptillisch]

Thanks for the update @DickyOZ. I'm glad it is working now.

If anyone else is having this type of problem where the Arduino IDE 2.x Serial monitor is not showing output, even though the Arduino IDE 1.x Serial Monitor does, there is some continuing discussion and investigation in this newer forum topic:

No output in Serial Monitor from ESP32-CAM

same problem with Arduino IDE 2.0 RC6 on Windows 10 with ESP32-CAM and CH340G . Serial monitor works with Arduino 1.8.16 but not in Arduino IDE. Useless to install the downloaded the CH340 driver from http://www.wch.cn/downloads/CH341SER_ZIP.html . Thank you for communication, if the problem is solved.