Comment 5 for bug 963684

it seems should be change DATABASE style in settting.py
if i apply this blow code in settting.py
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'NAME': os.path.join(STORAGE_DIR, 'graphite.db'),
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
    }
}
,the error always show
...
raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. "
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details.

when i add above configure, it's works.so i suggest upgrate to django 1.4 right now on 0.9.10