Deleted my /etc/groups and /etc/gshadow and now no mouse and keyboard.

Hey.
So a few days ago I updated my system and did something we all know to avoid. I accidently moved the empty .pacnew files over my groups and gshadow files so my entire group layout is out of the window. I am an idiot I know. My mom told me that when I was six. So I am now looking at fixing my system. My biggest problem is that now xorg runs but the keyboard and mouse don't respownd. This isn't a USB problem since I tried using non USB keyboard. In runlevel 3 keyboard works fine.
Xorg.log says something about input bring used by someone else so my guess based on the above is that what I need to do is restore my old groups since its probably a group ownership problem. My question is if anyone knows which groups should I restore and how does one go about repairing the Damage? I would be thankfully to anyone who would take the time saving me from my own stupidity.
Last edited by Greenstuff (2012-08-22 08:03:26)

This might be the solution. Perhaps I should post my /etc/group file and you can fix yours? I don't know, did you ensure that all your groups have the correct GID?

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