Django 1.5b1: executing django-admin.py causes “No module named settings” error

Question

I\'ve recently installed Django-1.5b1. My system configuration:

• OSX 10.8
• Python 2.7.1
• Virtualenv 1.7.2

When I call django-

Answer 1

I had the same issue when starting a new project. I solved the problem by giving this command at the command prompt:

export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=

in this way I unset the variable that was pointing to a "settings" file (discovered using env | grep DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE) I set before starting using virtualenv

after unsetting the variable the django-admin.py script worked like a charm!