On one Ubuntu box, the project runs just fine with python manage.py runserver. When trying to replicate it on another Ubuntu box, after installation, it hangs at
python manage.py runserver
I my case I was attempting to connect to a remote database that wasn't responding to connection requests.
Try python manage.py dbshell. This gave me no output. Then I went into amazon web services and relaxed the security settings.
python manage.py dbshell