Connecting a Macbook to a Samsung 5054 Plasma

Can someone help me out with connecting my Macbook to my Samsung 5054 Plasma. I have the mini dvi to video adapter, but I still don't get a picture? Please help. Thanks so much.

What sort of input does your plasma allow? HDMI or DVI would be best. VGA would be OK.
I connect to my Panasonic plasma as follows:
Macbook==> mini-DVI to DVI adapter ==> DVI to HDMI cable ==> Yamaha RX-V663 receiver HDMI in ==> HDMI cable out ==>Panasonic plasma
Of course having the Yamaha receiver in the chain is optional, but in my case I also run digital optical audio to the receiver.

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