Which version of gossip-telepathy are you using? It seems to be present for at least 0.21~svn20070107-0ubuntu1, and the changelog indicates it is not a recent edition.
Also note that gossip-telepathy installs the included .desktop file as /usr/share/applications/gossip.desktop, which may be confusing. ** Changed in: gossip-telepathy (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- No desktop file https://launchpad.net/bugs/77852 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs