Vuescan and HP Scanjet 3970. Problem

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I've downloaded the latest Vuescan version (8.0.1) for Linux. My OS is Suse
LInux 9.0. I'm trying to set up my new scanner HP Scanjet 3970 under Vuescan
but I'm experiencing problems since the program does not recognise my
scanner connected through an USB 2.0 port. Should I set up libusb, and How?
I tried the command sane-find-scanner -v -v under root and my scanner was
spotted using libusb.
The File /proc/bus/usb/devices lists my scanner with 'Driver=hub'.
However, I cannot use Vuescan.
Can someone help me? Any suggestions?
Alberto