Guess what? I hit another wall.
It seems the camera is giving trouble, despite me configuring the pins as here:
here
E (218) camera: Camera probe failed with error 0x20001
ESP_ERROR_CHECK failed: esp_err_t 0x20001 (ERROR) at 0x4008a228
0x4008a228: _esp_error_check_failed at /home/marta/esp/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c:721
file: "/home/marta/Arduino/esp32-cam-ai-thinker/examples/google_storage/main/main.c" line 195
func: app_main
expression: esp_camera_init(&camera_config)
config XCLK_FREQ
  int "XCLK Frequency"
  default "20000000"
  help
      The XCLK Frequency in Herz.
menu "Pin Configuration"
    config D0
        int "D0"
        default "32"
    config D1
        int "D1"
        default "35"
    config D2
        int "D2"
        default "34"
    config D3
        int "D3"
        default "5"
    config D4
        int "D4"
        default "39"
    config D5
        int "D5"
        default "18"
    config D6
        int "D6"
        default "36"
    config D7
        int "D7"
        default "19"
    config XCLK
        int "XCLK"
        default "27"
    config PCLK
        int "PCLK"
        default "21"
    config VSYNC
        int "VSYNC"
        default "25"
    config HREF
        int "HREF"
        default "26"
    config SDA
        int "SDA"
        default "4"
    config SCL
        int "SCL"
        default "13"
    config RESET
        int "RESET"
        default "15"
endmenu