MySQL Replication woes - slave not updating

Question

  mysql> show slave status\G;
  *************************** 1. row ***************************
               Slave_IO_State: Connecting to master
                  Master_Host: 10.0.6.55
                  Master_User: slave_user
                  Master_Port: 3306
                Connect_Retry: 60
              Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000026
          Read_Master_Log_Pos: 106
               Relay_Log_File: Praetorian-PC-relay-bin.000004
                Relay_Log_Pos: 98
        Relay_Master_Log_File: mysql-bin.000026
             Slave_IO_Running: No
            Slave_SQL_Running: Yes
              Replicate_Do_DB:
          Replicate_Ignore_DB:
           Replicate_Do_Table:
       Replicate_Ignore_Table:
      Replicate_Wild_Do_Table:
  Replicate_Wild_Ignore_Table:
                   Last_Errno: 0
                   Last_Error:
                 Skip_Counter: 0
          Exec_Master_Log_Pos: 106
              Relay_Log_Space: 98
              Until_Condition: None
               Until_Log_File:
                Until_Log_Pos: 0
           Master_SSL_Allowed: No
           Master_SSL_CA_File:
           Master_SSL_CA_Path:
              Master_SSL_Cert:
            Master_SSL_Cipher:
               Master_SSL_Key:
        Seconds_Behind_Master: NULL
  1 row in set (0.02 sec)
  ERROR:
  No query specified
  mysql>

The slave is not updating when the master has been updated.... also the line (Slave_IO_Running: No) why is it saying no

Answer 1

It looks as though there may not be connectivity between the slave and master. The Slave_IO_State suggests MySQL is having trouble connecting. Try to connect to the master from the command line.

Answer 2

I have done everything from the command line and this still shows.... I am using vmware virtual machine to interact with my host system, the host is the master and the virtual machine is the slave....

anything that may help will be greatly appreciated...