Hi all,
 

I am using two computer at work, with one of them I can access the biomaRt data base, with the second I can't.
I am using an iMac and a MacBook Pro
the iMac has OS X version 10.9.5  with the R 3.1.1 (see session info below)

the laptop has OS X version 10.10.1 , but with the same R version 3.1.1.
 

Whan I am trying to call for the biomaRt web server with my iMac, I get the following error message:

> geneSymbols <- getBM(attributes = c("ensembl_gene_id", "mgi_symbol"), filters = c("ensembl_gene_id"), values = ENSMUSG00000093311", mart = ensembl)
Error in value[[3L]](cond) :
  Request to BioMart web service failed. Verify if you are still connected to the internet.  Alternatively the BioMart web service is temporarily down.

when calling the same line on my MacBook Pro I have no problems and the call go through.
 

They are both connected to the same network, the internet connection is running without problems.

Is it a problem with the R version oy my OS version?
 

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Assa

iMac

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.1.0 (64-bit)

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] splines   stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
[8] base    

other attached packages:
[1] doBy_4.5-12     survival_2.37-7 biomaRt_2.22.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] AnnotationDbi_1.28.1 Biobase_2.26.0       BiocGenerics_0.12.1
[4] bitops_1.0-6         DBI_0.3.1            GenomeInfoDb_1.2.3
[7] grid_3.1.1           IRanges_2.0.0        lattice_0.20-29   
[10] MASS_7.3-35          Matrix_1.1-4         parallel_3.1.1    
[13] RCurl_1.95-4.5       RSQLite_1.0.0        S4Vectors_0.4.0   
[16] stats4_3.1.1         XML_3.98-1.1       

MacBook Pro

> sessionInfo()
R version 3.1.1 (2014-07-10)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.1.0 (64-bit)

locale:
[1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] splines   stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods
[8] base    

other attached packages:
[1] doBy_4.5-13     survival_2.37-7 biomaRt_2.22.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
[1] AnnotationDbi_1.28.1 Biobase_2.26.0       BiocGenerics_0.12.1
[4] bitops_1.0-6         DBI_0.3.1            GenomeInfoDb_1.2.3
[7] grid_3.1.1           IRanges_2.0.1        lattice_0.20-29   
[10] MASS_7.3-35          Matrix_1.1-4         parallel_3.1.1    
[13] RCurl_1.95-4.5       RSQLite_1.0.0        S4Vectors_0.4.0   
[16] stats4_3.1.1         XML_3.98-1.1